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Lot 107

A group of dress miniatures
19th century, unmarked

5 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,875 inc. premium

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A group of dress miniatures

19th century, unmarked
comprising miniature double-sided badges of the Order of St. Anne and another, St. Stanislas and another with crown, as well as a medal for the Crimean War of 1845-1856; each suspended from chain converted to bracelet
height of largest: 3cm (1 3/16in).

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
The Baird family
Thence by descent

This group is likely to have belonged to Francis Baird who, by 1855, would have been actively supplying the Russian war effort as his country of adoption battled against Great Britain and other assorted forces in the Crimea.

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ICÔNE REPRÉSENTANT LA DÉISIS AVEC LES SAINTS ZOSIME ET SAVVATI Russie, première moitié du XIXe siècle