Medal of Henriette-Sylvie de Molière

The letters H ·S· D· M on the front face of the medal refer to the name Henriette-Sylvie de Molière, which was jokingly used to refer to maid of honour Henrika Juliana von Liewen because she greatly admired the French novel Mémoires de la vie d'Henriette-Sylvie de Molière. The three cards placed on the round table refer to a card game that was popular at the time (tricet, Neapolitan). The front face of the medal refers to a time when Miss von Liewen was lost in thought and made a mistake in the card game. The French text of the medal states that “VOUS JOUÉS COMME L’AMOUR, L’AMOUR EST AVEUGLE”, meaning that she played like love and love is blind.

The medal is silver, 31 mm in diameter and 11.1 g in weight. Tessin had the medal struck in 1744 and it was engraved by Daniel Fehrman.