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Lot 176Y

A collection of Company School miniatures mounted in brooches and bracelets
Delhi and Agra, circa 1860
(15)

2 April 2009, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,360 inc. premium

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A collection of Company School miniatures mounted in brooches and bracelets
Delhi and Agra, circa 1860

gouache on ivory, ovals, comprising: a bracelet of six linked portraits in gold frames, of rulers and consorts including Ranjit Singh; a bracelet of nine linked portraits in gold frames; a gold necklace with a trefoil centrepiece of three female portraits and two separate views of Humayun's tomb and another monument; six separate portraits in gold frames, two with ear-ring attachments; a gold ring with a mounted portrait of a female consort; and five separate views of Indian monuments, including two of the Taj Mahal, in gold frames, mounted as brooches
the largest brooch 65 mm diam.; the first bracelet 20 cm. long, miniatures 30 mm. high(15)

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