$861
Seventeen Portrait Miniatures Depicting Women, 19th century, all with pin backing except as noted; one in a purple dress with white wrap on white ground, ht. 2 1/4; one in a pink gown, pearl necklace, and tiara, ht. 2 3/4; a woman with a floral wreath in her hair, silver bezel with blue stones, ht. 2; a woman with a blue band in her hair, garland of daisies and gilt foliate edges, ht. 2 1/4; a girl in a white dress, bezel with four blue enamel foliate scrolls, verso is empty glass case, ht. 2 3/8; a woman with blue plumed hat in a rose arbor, ht. 2; a woman wearing a white headscarf and Grecian costume, gold painted edge, ht. 2 1/4; one on rose ground, the woman wearing an orange dress with orange hues roses in her hair, ht. 2 1/8; a woman with lamb and green drapery, marked "5544 60" on verso, mounted in a gadrooned bezel, ht. 2 3/8; a woman with red hair with pink roses, white ground, ribbon bezel setting, dia. 1 1/4; a cherub in white and blue drapery, ht. 1 3/4; a dark-haired woman in a blue gown, blue ground, ht. 1 1/2; Marie Antoinette in a green gown, marked on reverse "Firenze 65," ht. 2 3/8; a woman with white headcovering and drapery, in style of Guido Reni, with beaded bezel, ht. 1 3/4; a woman with a blue band in her hair, ground in variegated hues of white, rose, and blue, ht. 1 3/4; a figure with white collar and headpiece, marked "27" on verso, with hanging chain, ht. 1 3/4; and a woman with brown curls, white headpiece, and white robe, white ground, pain Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-07-18
