Live auction - fme_779702 - LOUIS XVI Médaille, Naissance du dauphin Louis-Joseph
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| Estimate : | 130 € |
| Price : | 65 € |
| Maximum bid : | 110 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 April 2023 18:13:18 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Naissance du dauphin Louis-Joseph
Date: 1781
Metal : silver
Diameter : 33,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver Nicolas Antoine Gatteaux (1751-1832)
Weight : 17,17 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée, présentant une petite usure sur les reliefs. Présence de coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XVI. FR. ET. NAV. REX* MAR. ANT. AUST. REG. FR..
Obverse description : Bustes affrontés de Louis XVI, tête nue, à droite, les cheveux noués retenus par un ruban, et de Marie-Antoinette, à gauche, avec un diadème ; au-dessous signature N. GATTEAUX..
Obverse translation : (Louis XVI, roi de France et de Navarre ; Marie-Antoinette d’Autriche, reine de France).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FELICITAS - PUBLICA.
Reverse description : La France assise de face, un écu aux fleurs de lis appuyé contre son siège, présentant le dauphin nu qu'elle tient dans ses bras ; à l'exergue en trois lignes : NATALES DELPHINI/ DIE XXII OCTOBRIS/ MDCCLXXXI ; signature N. GATTEAUX sur la base.
Reverse translation : (La Félicité Publique).
Commentary
Cette petite médaille commémore la naissance du dauphin Louis (22/10/1781-4/06/1789). Le roi avait mis sept ans à consommer son mariage. Marié le 16 mai 1770, sa fille Élisabeth n'est née qu'en 1778. En 1781, c'est la naissance du Dauphin qui assure la continuité du trône.
Historical background
LOUIS XVI
(05/10/1774-01/21/1793)
In 1789, events will accelerate and cause the fall of royalty. If on May 5, the King opened the meeting of the States General in front of 1,200 deputies (doubling of the third), in the face of the stagnation of the debates, the Third Estate proclaimed itself in the National Assembly with certain deputies of the two other Orders, the Nobility and the Clergy. On June 20, it is the Oath of the Jeu de Paume of Versailles. On June 23, the King wants to suspend the debates, (intervention of Mirabeau: "we are here by the will of the people, we will only get out by the force of bayonets"). The National Constituent Assembly is formed by the three Orders on July 9. The King dismisses Necker on July 11, but will recall him after the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. Bailly is the first mayor of Paris, appointed on July 15. Following the Great Fear which spreads in the countryside, on the night of August 4, it is the abolition of privileges and feudal rights. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is voted on August 26, 1789.
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