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English School, circa 1790 A young lady believed to be Frances Selby, in a low-cut blue dress with pink bow, a lace cap with pink roses in her high-piled powdered hair gold-cased pendant frame with blue and white enamel border decorated with foliage and flower heads, the reverse with hairwork and the border engraved 'Frances Selby died 1 August 1790'. oval, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) high; and a lady in a white lace dress with foliage at corsage(Amalia Küssner, 1896) signed and dated 'Amalia Küssner '96', gilt pendant frame oval, 3 in. (76 mm.) high See Front Cover for part lot Illustration (2)