Charles I and Henrietta Maria

Charles I and Henrietta Maria, gilt-silver Royalist Badge, by Thomas Rawlins, laureate and armoured bust of Charles left, with lion shoulder-plate and Garter George on chain, CAROLVS DG MAG BRITAN FRAN ET HIB REX FI DE, rev., bust of Henrietta left, her hair tied back and curled at sides, wearing pearl necklace, signed below, HENRETTA MARIA DG MAG BRITAN FRAN ET HIB REG, 42 x 31mm (cf MI 355/218 for obverse; MI 354/216 for reverse), integral suspension loop and ring. Very fine, lightly chased the gilding light and contemporary and a seemingly unpublished variety.

The Rawlins portrait of the King on this badge is found on others (see previous lot), sometimes with and sometimes without a border, but it is not recorded in this larger sized and with a legend.

Provenance: Bt. Spink.