Lot Essay
The set was perhaps produced for private circulation before 1660, or publicly after that date.
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A set of mica overlays
to be used in conjunction with a conventional miniature of Charles I, rendered as a series of exotic and official costumes, including participants in the execution scene of 1649, noteably the executioner with the bloody axe, holding aloft the kings severed head, in a tooled leather case, circa 1650 or 1660, some panels distressed, the case -- 3½in. (9cm) wide
to be used in conjunction with a conventional miniature of Charles I, rendered as a series of exotic and official costumes, including participants in the execution scene of 1649, noteably the executioner with the bloody axe, holding aloft the kings severed head, in a tooled leather case, circa 1650 or 1660, some panels distressed, the case -- 3½in. (9cm) wide