Vintage Louis XIV Matchbox Holder
Vintage French Pewter Louis XIV Sun King Matchbox Holder 1970s
8.5 cm x 6cm x 3.7cm
French Fine Cast Pewter by Rambeau Matchbox Holder with an image of Louis XIV "The Sun King" on the front surrounded by a latin inscription "LVD MAGN VS FRAN ET NAV REX PP"
Full version in Latin:
"LUDOVICUS MAGNUS, FRANCIAE ET NAVARRAE REX, PATER PATRIAE" meaning
"Louis the Great, King of France and Navarre, Father of the Fatherland"
Made by Les Étains du Rameau
The stamp on the back combines a stylized lowercase "r" blended smoothly with an olive branch or twig meaning "rameau" in French and loops off to the right side to form a closed circle
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