CONTINENTAL SCHOOLS, CIRCA 1800-1880
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FOUR PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND TWO PORTRAIT RELIEFS
Continental Schools, circa 1800-1880
Three circular miniatures, one of Maria Cosway, inspired by Bartolozzi, circa 1880, one of Cupid sharpening his arrow, after Mengs, circa 1800, one of the Apostle Philip holding a staff, ca 1800, and one oval miniature of a seated gentleman in mauve coat, bearing signature "Hall", circa 1880, and a plaster relief portrait of a young Gentleman in profile, circa 1810 and a biscuit porcelain relief portrait of Pope Leo XII (1760-1829), circa 1825; the first one in a modern split-pearl bordered gold frame, the others in gilt-metal mounts within rectangular ebonized wooden frames
the miniatures 70-76 mm. (2¾-3 in.) diam. (6)
Continental Schools, circa 1800-1880
Three circular miniatures, one of Maria Cosway, inspired by Bartolozzi, circa 1880, one of Cupid sharpening his arrow, after Mengs, circa 1800, one of the Apostle Philip holding a staff, ca 1800, and one oval miniature of a seated gentleman in mauve coat, bearing signature "Hall", circa 1880, and a plaster relief portrait of a young Gentleman in profile, circa 1810 and a biscuit porcelain relief portrait of Pope Leo XII (1760-1829), circa 1825; the first one in a modern split-pearl bordered gold frame, the others in gilt-metal mounts within rectangular ebonized wooden frames
the miniatures 70-76 mm. (2¾-3 in.) diam. (6)