Lot Essay
Jane, Countess of Kingston was the daughter of Thomas Caulfeild and his mistress, Peggy Jordan. She married, in 1752, Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston (see lot 131).
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CHARLES ROBERTSON (ANGLO-IRISH, C. 1760-1821)
A pair of miniatures of two girls, one called Jane, Countess of Kingston, née Caulfeild (1737-1784), in décolleté blue dress with white underdress, fair curling hair, and another girl, called Mrs Malcott, in similar dress, wearing a wide-brimmed ochre hat with blue rim, fair hair
both on ivory
ovals, 2 1/8 in. (55 mm.) high, set within gold fausse-montre frame, the hinged cover and base centred with polished gold oval reserves engraved with initials JK surmounted by a coronet and LW, translucent blue glass on guilloché ground, bright-cut borders; associated hinged red leather case with attached label for Art Treasures Exhibition, Wrexham, 1876.
A pair of miniatures of two girls, one called Jane, Countess of Kingston, née Caulfeild (1737-1784), in décolleté blue dress with white underdress, fair curling hair, and another girl, called Mrs Malcott, in similar dress, wearing a wide-brimmed ochre hat with blue rim, fair hair
both on ivory
ovals, 2 1/8 in. (55 mm.) high, set within gold fausse-montre frame, the hinged cover and base centred with polished gold oval reserves engraved with initials JK surmounted by a coronet and LW, translucent blue glass on guilloché ground, bright-cut borders; associated hinged red leather case with attached label for Art Treasures Exhibition, Wrexham, 1876.
Provenance
By direct family descent.
Special notice
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The USA has recently changed its policy on the import of property containing elephant ivory. Only Asian Elephant ivory may be imported into the USA, and imports must be accompanied by DNA analysis and confirmation the object is more than 100 years old. Buyers will be responsible for the costs of obtaining any DNA analysis or other report required in connection with their proposed import into the USA. A buyer’s inability to export or import a lot is not a basis for cancelling their purchase.
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