Souvenirs d'un officier des gendarmes de la maison militaire - Lot 783

Souvenirs d'un officier des gendarmes de la maison militaire du Roi, 1815. Frame containing a miniature depicting him in uniform in a three-quarter left bust signed "Chapon 1815" (71x58mm) surrounded by his decorations, four in enameled gold: an officer's star of the Légion d'honneur Restauration, ram's head hallmark (62x42mm); a knight's cross of the Order of Saint-Louis, cock's head hallmark (39x36mm); a laureate knight's cross of the Order of Saint-Ferdinand of Spain (48x32mm); a crowned knight's cross of Malta, hallmark illegible (43x23mm); an enameled silver Fidélité de la garde nationale de Paris decoration, the gold center in three parts (47x31mm); and a barrette of four enameled gold miniatures (Légion d'honneur, Saint-Louis, Malte, Saint-Ferdinand), all with puffed ribbon except that of the Order of Malta (small chips, discolored ribbons). Carved natural wood frame featuring an oak and laurel wreath (accidents), the felt replaced. France, Restoration period. VF to FV Hippolyte Chapon (circa 1790-after 1838), miniature painter and Cent-Suisse du Roi in 1817.