Julien Robillard FL. 19th. century A pair of painted enamel plaques Paris, mid-19th century

one depicting Henry VIII, the other Mary Queen of Scots, each signed JR. Later frame.

Overall in good condition with the usual chips around edges consistent with framing and are not visible when framed
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Julien Robillard worked in the 16th century Limoges enamel style, such as those by Leonard Limosin. His enamels are characterized by the use of dense white enamel with bright reds and blues in the scenes, which were primarily of a religious or allegorical nature. See Erika Speel, Painted Enamels, An Illustrated History 1500-1920, 2008. He is recorded at the Manufacture Royalle de Sèvres Enamel Studio in 1845-46 as an aide-emailleur. Examples of his work are in collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum, UK and the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.