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A young gentleman, facing left in double-breasted blue coat with gilt buttons, white waistcoat and knotted cravat, centre-parted powdered hair; cloudy sky background
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JAMES SCOULER (c. 1740-1812)
A young gentleman, facing left in double-breasted blue coat with gilt buttons, white waistcoat and knotted cravat, centre-parted powdered hair; cloudy sky background
signed and dated 'Scouler 1795' (upper right)
oval, 2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with translucent blue guilloché enamel border flanked by two white enamel stripes, the reverse centred with a lock of brown hair bound with a scrolling gold bow on an oval translucent blue glass plaque on a radiant wavy guilloché foil with plaited brown hair surround within gold ribbon-twist borders
A young gentleman, facing left in double-breasted blue coat with gilt buttons, white waistcoat and knotted cravat, centre-parted powdered hair; cloudy sky background
signed and dated 'Scouler 1795' (upper right)
oval, 2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with translucent blue guilloché enamel border flanked by two white enamel stripes, the reverse centred with a lock of brown hair bound with a scrolling gold bow on an oval translucent blue glass plaque on a radiant wavy guilloché foil with plaited brown hair surround within gold ribbon-twist borders
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.