CIRCA 1860
Details
A French pearl-set enamelled gold frame with an enamel miniature
circa 1860
Rectangular, set with an enamel miniature of a young boy arranging flowers with a basket on a table, within an oval cartouche, the spandrels chased with foliage and rosettes on a matted ground, within openwork pearl-set and blue enamel border, the glazed reverse with blue silk, with plain suspension ring, within hinged red velvet lined green shagreen case
70 mm. (2¾ in.) high
circa 1860
Rectangular, set with an enamel miniature of a young boy arranging flowers with a basket on a table, within an oval cartouche, the spandrels chased with foliage and rosettes on a matted ground, within openwork pearl-set and blue enamel border, the glazed reverse with blue silk, with plain suspension ring, within hinged red velvet lined green shagreen case
70 mm. (2¾ in.) high
Provenance
Henry Walters (died 1931), Baltimore, chairman of the Atlantic Coast Line.
His widow, Mrs Henry Walters, née Sarah Wharton Green Jones, New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 25 April 1941, lot 467, illustrated p. 93.
His widow, Mrs Henry Walters, née Sarah Wharton Green Jones, New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 25 April 1941, lot 467, illustrated p. 93.