Auction Catalogue

2 April 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1561

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£200

Emperor Napoleon I, a mid to late 19th century ‘commercial’ oval portrait miniature probably on card depicting the Emperor wearing a green coatee with buttoned back white facings and shallow stand-up crimson collar gold epaulette on left shoulder; Oval Portrait Miniature of a Lady, late 18th/early19th century, assumed to be on ivory, the sitter is shown full face with her left hand to her chin and cheek, grey silvery hair in waves and ringlets, cream silk decollete dress and jacket of similar material, she wears an oval portrait locket suspended from a blue silk necklace, contained in a modern rectangular frame; Two coloured paper ‘portrait miniatures’ one depicting Lord Nelson in full dress and the other of a Royal Naval officer in undress both contained in modern rectangular frames, good overall condition (4) £200-300