A WILLIAM IV GOLD-MOUNTED BRONZED SILHOUETTE RING, the oval bezel with the bust of a uniformed gentleman in profile to the right, signed below truncation 'Field, 2 Strand', in seed-pearl border, the reeded gold hoop with openwork engraved foliage shoulders, inscribed around the memorial hair reverse 'To E.M.H. our beloved Father Jany. 23d. 1833' (some damage to silhouette), and a George III small oblong double-sided bronzed silhouette brooch or lace-pin, one side with the profile of a lady in lace bonnet, the other with a gentleman wearing hair en queue, both signed Miers, the oblong gold mount with hobnail pattern edges, circa 1810

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A WILLIAM IV GOLD-MOUNTED BRONZED SILHOUETTE RING, the oval bezel with the bust of a uniformed gentleman in profile to the right, signed below truncation 'Field, 2 Strand', in seed-pearl border, the reeded gold hoop with openwork engraved foliage shoulders, inscribed around the memorial hair reverse 'To E.M.H. our beloved Father Jany. 23d. 1833' (some damage to silhouette), and a George III small oblong double-sided bronzed silhouette brooch or lace-pin, one side with the profile of a lady in lace bonnet, the other with a gentleman wearing hair en queue, both signed Miers, the oblong gold mount with hobnail pattern edges, circa 1810
2.5cm. high (2)

Lot Essay

INDENTJohn Field (1772-1848) described by E.Nevill Jackson, The History of Silhouettes, Connoisseur (1911) as 'one of the finest and most famous of silhouette artists' started his career as an assistant to John Miers. Many silhouettes intended for use in jewellery are signed 'Miers' but those painted after c.1794 and all the bronzed examples are by John Field (1772-1848). Field's long career began as assistant to John Miers (c.1758-1821) after which he worked with Miers' son William before embarking on his own assisted by his son, Henry William Field. See S. McKechnie, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860 (1978) pp. 687, 690

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