A collection of three 19th century Continental oval portrait miniatures on ivory depicting ladies The first possibly attributable to Aimée-Zoë Lizinka de Mirbel née Rue (French, 1796-1849), the second possibly attributable to Moritz Michael Daffinger (Austrian, 1790-1849), the third possibly attributable to James Whitehorn (American, 1803-1888) The first depicting a bust portrait looking to sinister wearing a white turban, 7cm x 5.5cm, the rear mounted with a scrolling and feathered lock of the sitters blonde hair on a buff silk ground, mounted within a 9ct gold glazed oval frame with fixed oval suspension loop, makers mark indistinct, London, 1810; the second bust portrait looking to sinister with elaborate curling Apollo knot style coiffure wearing an white off the shoulder gown, 5.5cm x 4cm, mounted within a glazed foliate gilt metal rectangular frame with foliate oval mount, 6.5cm x 5.2cm, the last bust portrait looking to sinister, her centre parted brown hair arranged in ringlets, her off the shoulder black gown with a black laced trimmed netted capelet, 6.5cm x 5cm, mounted within a ribboned tied reeded gilt metal glazed frame, The first, 9cm x 6.5cm, the second, 6.5cm x 5.2cm, the last, 7cm x 6.8cm overall Footnotes: The items that comprise this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10): Miniature 1 - Ref Q53ALUAJ, Miniature 2 - Ref B6HC8WAW, Miniature 3 - Ref H82CM69T 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