fjt_688971 - MENUS-PLAISIRS DU ROI Menus plaisirs du roi 1703
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Type : Menus plaisirs du roi
Date: 1703
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,40 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDOVICUS. - MAGNUS REX..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XIV, signé R en monogramme.
Obverse translation : Louis le Grand, Roi.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REX. NOBIS. HÆC. OTIA. FECIT. ; À L'EXERGUE : MENVS PLAISIRS ET. AFFAIRES. DE. LA. CHAMBRE. .1703..
Reverse description : Un concert avec six figures de femmes et d'enfants.
Reverse translation : C'est le roi qui nous a donné ces loisirs.
Historical background
MENUS-PLAISIRS DU ROI
The full name of this administration is "Silverware, Small Pleasures and Affairs of the King's Chamber". This is the department in charge of theater sets, costumes and accessories for plays, ballets and shows organized at court. It is headed by a steward. From the Hôtel du Roi, the Menus Plaisirs et Affaires de la Chambre service provided the King with the means to appear as a sovereign. The term menus covers the small supplies made by the valets de chambre, barbers and upholsterers, liveries, travel, almanacs and calendars intended for the Court, jewels and portraits offered by the King.
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