Sale 1573
London
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25 - 26 November 2014
Price realised
GBP 1,062
Estimate
LUCIUS BARBER (IRISH, D. 1767) OR RUPERT BARBER (IRISH, FL. 1736-1772) A nobleman, in blue coat, gold-embroidered white waistcoat, frilled white cravat and black tie, hair worn en queue Enamel on gold Oval, 47 mm. high, gilt-metal mount set into a hexagonal black wood frame with ducal coronet and foliage
Provenance
Christie’s, London, 10 November 1993, lot 21 (as English School, circa 1750).
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