A Pair of Miniatures depicting two young Boys, one facing right, holding a pigeon and wearing a blue costume with white lace edged open decollete, the elder one facing left, with crossed arms, wearing a yellow hat embellished with a long blue silk bow, dressed in a russet costume bordered with white frilled lace and tied at his waist with a blue silk sash
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FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1780
A Pair of Miniatures depicting two young Boys, one facing right, holding a pigeon and wearing a blue costume with white lace edged open decollete, the elder one facing left, with crossed arms, wearing a yellow hat embellished with a long blue silk bow, dressed in a russet costume bordered with white frilled lace and tied at his waist with a blue silk sash
ovals, 1½in. (39mm.) high, gilt-metal mounts, together with two similarly framed oval plaques applied with the initials 'L' and 'M' in hairwork surrounded by stylised leaves, all mounted on a blue plush panel in a Napoléon III ormolu frame
A Pair of Miniatures depicting two young Boys, one facing right, holding a pigeon and wearing a blue costume with white lace edged open decollete, the elder one facing left, with crossed arms, wearing a yellow hat embellished with a long blue silk bow, dressed in a russet costume bordered with white frilled lace and tied at his waist with a blue silk sash
ovals, 1½in. (39mm.) high, gilt-metal mounts, together with two similarly framed oval plaques applied with the initials 'L' and 'M' in hairwork surrounded by stylised leaves, all mounted on a blue plush panel in a Napoléon III ormolu frame