Jewellery and Watches - 20th July 2017

Lot 1510

A collection of fifteen miniature portraits

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1750

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Description

A collection of fifteen miniature portraits, including a gentleman wearing a short wig, brown jacket, white laced cravat and orange sash with two orders, probably French, 3.5cm high. An officer in blue tunic with silver epaulettes, 4.2cm high, gold frame. Painted on porcelain, a gentleman wearing a red velvet hat, open white shirt and black robe, 4.5cm high. A lady with pearls to her hair in the manner of Cosway, 4cm high. An oval enamel plaque depicting Hebe and Zeus as an eagle drinking from her chalice on brown ground, 2.5cm high. A similar enamel plaque painted with the head of a gentleman with hair tied with a bow. A gentleman painted on porcelain in the manner of Charles II, 3.3cm, framed. Eight further portraits and a filigree metal frame.