Portrait Miniatures & Silhouettes

21 Feb 2006, starting at 14:00 GMT .

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A pair of rose-cut diamond and ruby portrait miniature frames, gold-mounted with pierced silver foliate border set with rose-cut diamonds and rubies, containing two portraits of Ladies, both wearing white dresses, their powdered hair dressed with pearls and a white bandeau, After Richard Cosway R.A., 19th Century

Sold for £ 3,840 (US$ 4,969) inc. premium

Miss Jane Read, A silhouette of a young Gentleman, profile to the left, wearing coat, waistcoat and tied cravat, woodland background

Sold for £ 2,880 (US$ 3,727) inc. premium

Joseph Marinkelle, Mr van Lilaar, wearing black coat, white lace cravat and powdered wig with side-buckles worn en queue

Sold for £ 2,880 (US$ 3,727) inc. premium

G. S. Caruson, The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Saint Anne

Sold for £ 2,400 (US$ 3,106) inc. premium

Walter Saunders Barnard, Charles Dickens (1812-70), wearing grey coat, dark blue waistcoat and white chemise

Sold for £ 1,560 (US$ 2,019) inc. premium

Irish School, An Officer, wearing scarlet coat, white collar, gold epaulettes, white shoulder belt, the gold belt plate inscribed with the number 2

Sold for £ 1,440 (US$ 1,863) inc. premium

Walter Stephens Lethbridge, A group of four portraits of children of the Hardinge family: two girls, wearing white dresses with high waistbands; Edward, wearing blue skeleton suit and frilled white collar; and a boy, wearing white smock

Sold for £ 1,440 (US$ 1,863) inc. premium

English School, An Officer of the Somerset Light Infantry (13th Foot), wearing scarlet coat with silver epaulette, white sword belt with plate bearing number XIII within laurel branches

Sold for £ 1,140 (US$ 1,475) inc. premium

John Wright, A Lady, wearing white dress with frilled collar, red shawl and white turban

Sold for £ 1,080 (US$ 1,397) inc. premium

Attributed to John Faed R.S.A., A Gentleman, wearing black coat, brown waistcoat, white shirt and blue necktie, holding a shotgun, wooded background

Sold for £ 960 (US$ 1,242) inc. premium

A pair of rose-cut diamond and ruby portrait miniature frames, gold-mounted with pierced silver foliate border set with rose-cut diamonds and rubies, containing two portraits of Ladies, both wearing white dresses, their powdered hair dressed with pearls and a white bandeau, After Richard Cosway R.A., 19th Century

Joseph Marinkelle, Mr van Lilaar, wearing black coat, white lace cravat and powdered wig with side-buckles worn en queue

G. S. Caruson, The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Saint Anne

Walter Saunders Barnard, Charles Dickens (1812-70), wearing grey coat, dark blue waistcoat and white chemise

Irish School, An Officer, wearing scarlet coat, white collar, gold epaulettes, white shoulder belt, the gold belt plate inscribed with the number 2

Walter Stephens Lethbridge, A group of four portraits of children of the Hardinge family: two girls, wearing white dresses with high waistbands; Edward, wearing blue skeleton suit and frilled white collar; and a boy, wearing white smock

English School, An Officer of the Somerset Light Infantry (13th Foot), wearing scarlet coat with silver epaulette, white sword belt with plate bearing number XIII within laurel branches

John Wright, A Lady, wearing white dress with frilled collar, red shawl and white turban

Attributed to John Faed R.S.A., A Gentleman, wearing black coat, brown waistcoat, white shirt and blue necktie, holding a shotgun, wooded background

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Six Reference books and a catalogue, Lister (R), The British Miniature, plates, coloured frontispiece, London, 1951; Williamson (G.C.), Portrait Miniatures, plates, some coloured, London, 1910; Coffin (S) and Hofstetter (B), Portrait Miniatures in Enamel, coloured plates, London, 2000; Woodiwiss (J), British Silhouettes, plates, coloured frontispiece, London, 1965; Nevill Jackson (E), The History of Silhouettes, coloured illustrations, London, 1911; Kennedy (H.A.), Early English Portrait Miniatures in the Collection of the Duke of Buccleuch, plates, some coloured, London, 1917 and British Portrait Miniatures, Exhibition Catalogue, plates, signed by Daphne Foskett, Edinburgh, 1965

Jacob Spornberg, A Gentleman, profile to the left, wearing coat, waistcoat, stock and bag-wig

J. H. Gillespie, A pair of profiles of Matilda Bertram and Mary Hadfield, both facing left: the former, wearing turban, black dress and double lace-trimmed collar; the latter, wearing black dress with white lace collar and bead necklace, her hair upswept

P. Savignhac, A Gentleman, profile to the left, wearing coat and cravat

James Ferguson, A pair of portraits of Lord and Lady Foley; he wears coat with turned-back cuffs, frilled shirt and stock, his curled wig terminating in a pigtail; she wears robe over white dress with lace trim, pearls at her neck and under her collar with a large jewelled pendant, a cloak over her arm

Samuel Andrews, A Gentleman, profile to the left, wearing coat, waistcoat and frilled chemise

Continental School, A young Gentleman, wearing coat, striped waistcoat and tied stock

English School, A Nobleman, wearing full-bottomed wig, armour and white cravat

Flemish School, A Nobleman, wearing embroidered gold doublet and wide, white, lace-trimmed collar, blue background

French School, A Nobleman, wearing armour, white jabot and blue sash across his chest

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25% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £2,500 up to and including £300,000;
20% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £300,000 up to and including £3,000,000;
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