A portrait miniature display frame containing miniatures of five members of the Casement and Browne families:

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A portrait miniature display frame containing miniatures of five members of the Casement and Browne families:

English School, early 19th Century
Col. Sir (George) Sackville Browne K.C.B. (1756-1828) in a scarlet coat with white facings and epaulettes
oval, 2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) high

Frederick Buck
A lady believed to be Mrs. S^r. John Browne (née S^r. George), facing right in grey dress with fichu and wearing a bonnet in her hair
oval, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) high

Maria Marmaduke Bellett Browne (née Roberts)
Gen. Sir William Casement (1773-1848), facing right in scarlet coat, black facings and gold wing
signed 'M.B. Brown'
oval, 3½ in. (89 mm.) high

Frederick Buck
The Rev. S^r. John Browne D.D., in black robes with lawn collar and powdered bag wig
oval, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) high

English School, early 19th Century
Sackville Casement (1805-1843), as a boy, in a blue coat and frilled collar
oval, 2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) high

(in common rectangular black frame with gilt-metal mounts) (5)

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

General Sir George Sackville Browne K.C.B. was born in Riverstown, Co. Cork in 1756. He became a colonel in 1810 and Lt. General 1825. He died in Brussels in 1828.

Sackville Casement was the great uncle of Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916), the Irish nationalist executed for his involvement in the Sinn Fein rebellion. He was tried for treason and hanged.

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