Biscuit Medallion With The Profile Of Karl August, Grand Duke Of Saxe-weimar-eisenach.

Medallion with the profile of Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Oval in shape, in white biscuit on a blue ground in the style of Wedgwood, representing him in left profile bust, bearing his plate and his cross of the Order of the White Falcon, in a beaded border. Good condition.
With a biscuit pendant bail (one restoration).
Attributed to the Ilmenau porcelain factory, Thuringia, Germany, second half of 18th century.
Incised marks 'B' and « no. 15 ».
H. 6.7 cm.

History
Karl August, sometimes anglicised as Charles Augustus (3 September 1757 – 14 June 1828), was the sovereign Duke of Saxe-Weimar and of Saxe-Eisenach (in personal union) from 1758, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from its creation (as a political union) in 1809, and grand duke from 1815 until his death.