Y BRITISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)
PORTRAIT MINITAURE OF A GENTLEMAN, BELIEVED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE COTTENHAM FAMILY; FACING RIGHT, WEARING BLUE COAT WITH GOLD BUTTONS, WHITE STOCK AND WAISTCOAT, HIS BROWN HAIR CUT SHORT
Watercolour on ivory, oval
8cm (3 1/8in.) high
In a gilt-metal frame with clear glass reverse, filled with brown pleated hair surmounted with blue-glass oval adorned with pearl-drop monogram 'PS' [?] and beaded border, flanked by two platted braids of blonde hair
Provenance:
Compton Antiques, Eastbourne
Where purchased by the present owner June 1961
Please note, Dreweatts have applied for a de minimis exemption certificate for the ivory in this lot (Ref: LNQWK3NS)
Please note, the original provenance document pictured is not included with the lot
Condition Report:
PLEASE NOTE: ALL LOTS ARE LOCATED AT SACKVILLE WEST STORAGE IN ANDOVER (SP10 3SA) AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO VIEW.
With wear, marks, knocks and scratches commensurate with age and use
Losses to the beaded boarder, loose beads move behind the glass
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