ANDREW PLIMER (BRITISH, 1763-1837)
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ANDREW PLIMER (BRITISH, 1763-1837)

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ANDREW PLIMER (BRITISH, 1763-1837)
A young gentleman, in grey coat, frilled cravat, powdered hair; sky background
on ivory
oval, 2 1/8 in. (79 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with translucent blue enamel band on guilloché surround, flanked by two white enamel stripes, the reverse centred with oval plaited hairwork within translucent blue glass on engine-turned foil ground
Provenance
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Lanesborough; Sotheby's, London, 15 July 1968, lot 78.
Christie's, London, 23 March 1982, lot 330.
Christie's, London, 27 November 1985, lot 140.
with K. Henninger-Tavcar, Pforzheim, by 1987 (stock catalogue 1987, p. 42, no. 42/45).
Literature
K. Henninger-Tavcar, Miniaturporträts, Pforzheim, 1995, illustrated in colour p. 248.
Special notice

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