PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A PRETTY YOUNG LADY
WATERCOLOUR ON NATURAL WAFER
ORIGINAL ANTIQUE GEORGIAN FINE QUALITY TURNED FRUITWOOD FRAME WITH RARE VERRE EGLOMISE CONVEX GLASS
C.1810
5 3/8" X 4 1/8"
VERY GOOD CONDITION
LOVELY FINE ANTIQUE EARLY C19th GEORGIAN PORTRAIT MINIATURE ON NATURAL WAFER DATING TO C.1810. THE MINIATURE IS FINELY PAINTED IN WATERCOLOUR AND DEPICTS A PRETTY YOUNG LADY. SHE IS WEARING A BROWN EMPIRE LINE DRESS WITH BLUE TRIMMED TUCKER & BLUE HAIR BAND. TO THE REAR BACKING PAPER IS A HAND WRITTEN INSCRIPTION WHICH READS "Anne Marden / my Grandmother / J. W. B. / Daughter of J. Weston / born 1/5/1765 / died 12/5/1827 / married Owen Marden 9/2/1792". WITH THIS MUCH DETAIL THE MINIATURE WILL BE VERY EASY TO RESEARCH. THE MINIATURE RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL FINE QUALITY DEEPLY TURNED FRUITWOOD FRAME WHICH RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL RARE VERRE EGLOMISE CONVEX GLASS AND HANGING BALE.
THE CONDITION OF THE PORTRAIT MINIATURE IS VERY GOOD GIVEN ITS 200+ YEARS WITH NO SPLITS TO THE NATURAL WAFER. THE COLOURS ARE REASONABLY GOOD WITH PERHAPS A LITTLE FADING. THE MINIATURE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME AS THE BACKING PAPER HAS NOT BEEN DISTURBED FOR SOME TIME. THE FINE ORIGINAL TURNED FRUITWOOD FRAME IS IN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS OR SPLITS. THE ORIGINAL RARE VERRE EGLOMISE CONVEX GLASS IS ALSO IN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO FLAKING TO THE GOLD LEAF DECORATION.
THE PORTRAIT MINIATURE MEASURES 5 3/8" X 4 1/8" INCLUDING THE FRAME AND 2 5/8" X 2 1/8" FOR THE VISIBLE SIZE OF THE IMAGE.
THIS IS A LOVELY EARLY GEORGIAN PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A PRETTY NAMED YOUNG LADY IN ITS RARE ORIGINAL GEORGIAN TURNED FRUITWOOD VERRE EGLOMISE FRAME - WHOEVER WINS IT WILL BE DELIGHTED!
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