Lot Essay
Many silhouettes in brooch settings painted at the studio of John Miers are the work of John Field, and although signed Miers, are from the hand of Field or his studio. [See McKechnie p. 669, no. 1376]
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Studio of John Miers
Three silhouettes mounted as brooches including: an Officer, in profile to right, in uniform with epualette (cracked); a gentleman, in profile to right, in coat and frilled cravat (cracked)
both signed below truncation 'Miers', bronzed, the former in gold cannetille work brooch frame, the latter in a chased frame in the form of a coiled serpent
rectangular, 3/4 x 1/2 in. (19 x 12 mm.); and a gentleman, in profile to right, in coat and frilled cravat (Studio of John Miers)
signed below truncation 'Miers & Field', brooch frame with faceted onyx border
rectangular, 3/4 x 7/8 in. (20 x 24 mm.)
See Cover for part lot Illustration (3)
Three silhouettes mounted as brooches including: an Officer, in profile to right, in uniform with epualette (cracked); a gentleman, in profile to right, in coat and frilled cravat (cracked)
both signed below truncation 'Miers', bronzed, the former in gold cannetille work brooch frame, the latter in a chased frame in the form of a coiled serpent
rectangular, 3/4 x 1/2 in. (19 x 12 mm.); and a gentleman, in profile to right, in coat and frilled cravat (Studio of John Miers)
signed below truncation 'Miers & Field', brooch frame with faceted onyx border
rectangular, 3/4 x 7/8 in. (20 x 24 mm.)
See Cover for part lot Illustration (3)