A carved French ivory tooth, 19th century Massive, hollow tooth, worked in two pieces and with continuous three-dimensional carvings. The lower part with juvenile portrait cartouche of King Louis XVI within an oval frame, with continuous inscription "LUDOVICUS XIV REX FRANCCOA" between tendrils, on the obverse side a crowned baldachin above two warriors with fleur-de-lys coat of arms. The middle section with three-dimensionally carved, intertwined, fighting animals in Michael Maucher's style. The upper part with two warrior heads at the sides and, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
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License: Licensed
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Keywords: 19th, carved, century, clipping, clippings, craft, cut, cut-, cut-outs, french, handcraft, handicrafts, hollow, ivory, massive, object, objects, stills, tooth, worked
