Lot 30
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An oval embroidered picture, worked in coloured silks and with painted details on an ivory silk ground depicting a child presenting a woman, possibly a Muse, with a basket of flowers, both figures in classical dress, with a flower-filled urn modelled as two swans to one side--20 x 16in. (51 x 41cm.), in black glass mount, framed and glazed, late 18th century, some splitting in the silk
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An oval embroidered picture, worked in coloured silks and with painted details on an ivory silk ground depicting a child presenting a woman, possibly a Muse, with a basket of flowers, both figures in classical dress, with a flower-filled urn modelled as two swans to one side--20 x 16in. (51 x 41cm.), in black glass mount, framed and glazed, late 18th century, some splitting in the silk

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An oval embroidered picture, worked in coloured silks and with painted details on an ivory silk ground depicting a child presenting a woman, possibly a Muse, with a basket of flowers, both figures in classical dress, with a flower-filled urn modelled as two swans to one side--20 x 16in. (51 x 41cm.), in black glass mount, framed and glazed, late 18th century, some splitting in the silk
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