Objects of Vertu and Miniatures: Christie's South Kensington, Tuesday, 18 May 1999 at 10:30 A.mChristie's, 1999 - Art objects |
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19th Century 2½in American auction Back Cover Illustration Birmingham black coat blue coat box of rectangular Buyer's Premium cartouche cartouche engraved catalogue Christie's South Kensington circa Commission Bids Conditions of Business Continental School cover engraved dark hair diam dress with frilled Elizabeth Petrovna engine-turned English School engraved with initials Eurocheque facing left facing right fair hair floral foliate frame oval French School frilled collar front enamelled front stamped George III gilt wood gilt-lined snuff box gilt-metal mount oval gold hair gilt-metal hair signed hairwork Hammer Price late nineteenth century left in black Lloyds Bank London Nathaniel Hone nearly full face nielloed nutmeg grater pink PORTRAIT MINIATURES powdered hair rectangular form rectangular wood frame reverse engraved right in black scrollwork signed and dated signed with initials silver cigarette silver vesta tortoiseshell upswept Value Added Tax vinaigrette waistcoat and cravat wearing white waistcoat young Gentleman young Lady