Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 5th October 2023
Lot 567
A GEORGE III WHITE GLASS PORTRAIT RELIEF BUST OF ADMIRAL LORD HORATIO NELSON
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £480
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Description
A GEORGE III WHITE GLASS PORTRAIT RELIEF BUST OF ADMIRAL LORD HORATIO NELSON
IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM TASSIE (1877-1860), LATE 18TH CENTURY / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
mounted on black glass, in an ebonised fruitwood frame together with a lacquered papier-mâché snuff box lid inset with a gilt portrait medallion of Napoleon, inscribed 'Napoleon Empereur' and signed 'Galle Fecit' (2)
12.1cm diameter (max)