
A collection of four 19th century Continental portrait miniatures on ivory depicting gentleman The first perhaps attributable to Pierre-Ursin Trixier Deladouce (French, 1788-1832) possibly depicting the composer Luigi Cherubini (Italian, 1760-1842) The first depicting a bust portrait looking to dexter, his brown hair 'au naturel', wearing a blue coat, yellow striped waistcoat and white tied stock, 6cm diameter, mounted within a glazed gilt metal frame; the second probably French school, depicting a bust portrait looking to sinister, with short black curling hair, wearing a black coat, pink waistcoat and tied black stock, oval, 5.5cm x 4.5cm, mounted with a glazed oak leaf cast silvered oval frame; the third, probably French school, depicting a bust portrait looking to dexter, with short black curling hair, wearing a shot green silk coat, white waistcoat and tied stock, 6cm diameter, mounted within a glazed gilt copper frame, the last depicting a bust portrait looking to sinister, with short curling red hair and blue eyes, wearing a blue velvet coat with gold braided ivory reveres and tied white stock, oval, 5.3cm x 4.3cm, mounted in a glazed gilt metal oval frame, the first, 7cm diameter, the second, 7cm x 6cm, the third, 7.5cm diameter, the last, 7cm x 4.2cm overall (4) (4) Footnotes: The items that comprise this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10): Miniature 1 - Ref 791A3PK4 Miniature 2 - Ref 998GE1EA Miniature 3 - Ref DUGSS58X Miniature 4 - Ref GDWN8FNP This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Ф Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
































