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GERVASE SPENCER (BRITISH, C. 1715-1763)
A boy, in green coat and blue waistcoat, both trimmed with gold braid, wearing a white shirt with wide lace collar, tied with a black ribbon, short brown hair
Enamel
Oval, 42 mm. high, in rectangular gilt-metal frame, engraved with foliate scrolls, the outer border of pierced openwork, set with tiny turquoises and garnets, a label on the reverse is inscribed in ink 'Prince Charles Edw / called the / Pretender', together with an associated gilt-metal tripod stand for a portrait miniature, with bow surmount, 100 mm. high
A boy, in green coat and blue waistcoat, both trimmed with gold braid, wearing a white shirt with wide lace collar, tied with a black ribbon, short brown hair
Enamel
Oval, 42 mm. high, in rectangular gilt-metal frame, engraved with foliate scrolls, the outer border of pierced openwork, set with tiny turquoises and garnets, a label on the reverse is inscribed in ink 'Prince Charles Edw / called the / Pretender', together with an associated gilt-metal tripod stand for a portrait miniature, with bow surmount, 100 mm. high
Provenance
Newnham Hall; Christie's, London, 11 July 1994, lot 293.
Brought to you by
Matilda Burn
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