
A collection of three late 18th/early 19th century oval portrait miniatures on ivory depicting gentleman in military or military style dress The first possibly attributable to Charles Shirreff (Scottish, 1749 - 1829), the second possibly attributable to John Bogle (Scottish, 1744-1803), the last perhaps after Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708-1787) The first, depicting a bust portrait of a gentleman looking to sinister with curling powdered hair or wig, wearing a gold braided scarlet coat, white chemise and frilled jabot, 6.5cm x 5.5cm, mounted with a glazed gilt metal oval frame; the second, depicting a bust portrait of a gentleman looking to sinister, traditionally thought to be George Thyon, with curling powdered wig, wearing a scarlet coat with gold buttons, white chemise and tied stock, 3.5cm x 2.7cm, mounted with a later glazed yellow metal oval brooch frame with tubular border and applied floral engraved oval and twin sickle moon mounts (as found); the last, depicting a bust portrait of gentleman, in military style walking dress, with curling powdered wig wearing a gold braid trimmed scarlet coat, similarly decorated blue waistcoat and black bow tied cravat 3.5cm x 3cm, mounted within a yellow metal glazed oval frame with pierced slide top fitting, the first, 8.5cm x 6cm, the second, 6cm x 5.5cm, the last, 3.7cm x 31cm all overall (3) Footnotes: The items that comprise this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10): Miniature 1 - Ref CS297N5N Miniature 2 - Ref X34CZ1AR Miniature 3 - Ref E7GLJZ6X 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






























