Representation ... de la couronne de Pierreries qui a servi à la Reine à la Cérémonie du Mariage de leurs Majestés ... Septembre 1725 ... exécutée ... par le Sr. Rondé

Engraving with a real-size representation of the crown worn by Maria Leczinska to her wedding to Louis XV in 1725. The crown was designed by Claude-Dominique Rondé, nephew of Laurent Rondé, jeweler to the King, who succeded him on 1734. The crown was made using dismounted jewels owned by the crown, which were used by Rondé to create a collection of necklaces, garlands, aigrettes, brooches, and other jewels, to be used by the Queen. Among the jewels designed, this crown was the most important, as it was worn by her to her wedding on September 1725 at Fontainebleau. The engraving, created by Claude Duflos ca. 1725, presents a real-size illustration of the crown, made up of a headband with octagonal stones separated by scrolling motifs, framed within two horizontal strips of round stones, above which are 8 fleurs-de-lis made up of pink diamonds, each flanked above by a diademe of diamonds and other colored stones, which join at the top of the crown to form a larger fleur-de-lis. The crown, according to the inscription on the engraving, was made with pink diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, topazes, and rubies, possibly set on gold. The crown is shown on a ceremonial cushion with borders decorated with (possibly brocaded) scrolling motifs, and with a fleur-de-lis with tassels on each corner. The cushion rests on a column, which contains an inscription describing the crown, as well as a shell motif flanked by scrolling branches with small, stylized leaves on the upper part, with two roundels on the sides: to the left, side portraits of Louis XV and Maria Leczinska facing each other, with the inscription "LUD. XV. FR. ET NAV. REX * MARIA STANISLAI REG. FIL."; to the right, a scene of their wedding, with the inscription "SEDAND AE POPULORUM ANXIETATI. / NUPTIAE REGLAE FONTIBELLUOVEO M.DCC XXV".