Biscuit Porcelain Bust of Louis XVII after Augustin Pajou

This biscuit porcelain bust depicts the Dauphin Louis XVII (1785–1795) and was crafted in the second half of the 19th century by a Parisian manufacture in the Sèvres style. The design is based on a model by the sculptor Augustin Pajou (1730–1809). Sculpted in unglazed hard-paste porcelain, it portrays the young prince turned to the left with wavy hair, a pleated jabot, and the sash and star of the Order of the Holy Spirit (Ordre du Saint-Esprit). The bust rests on a porcelain pedestal (piédouche) in Sèvres blue decorated with gilt accents over a square plinth. On the reverse, there is an incised "Pajou" signature in the biscuit, a Sèvres monogram with double-L mark and date letters, as well as a workshop monogram "M".