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LOT 1951
English Miniature Portrait Pair
19TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 - 5 7/8 in. (223 grams total, 14.5 - 15 cm).
Comprising two profile portraits of a man and a woman in period costumes, the lady shown with an elaborate high hairstyle and large earrings, card set in a metal and wooden frame; inked handwritten note behind the lady's portrait reading 'Miss Baker. Mrs M.A. Aston'. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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