Lot 352 , 17th century English School , Portrait miniature of a lady wearing a black dress with lace collar and a silver pendant, watercolour on vellum, 5 x 4cm, silver frame
17th century English School Portrait miniature of a lady wearing a black dress with lace collar and a silver pendant
watercolour on vellum
5 x 4cm, silver frame
£600-800
Condition:
Watercolour on vellum or card, looks to be in very good clean condition with strong bright colours, no sign of any signature, housed in what looks to be a period silver frame with no inscriptions verso. Provenance; The Ashcroft Collection; sale, London, Sotheby's, 7 May 1946, lot 54; Robert Rockcliff, Compton Grange, Eastbourne; sale, London, Sotheby's, 11 November 1947, lot 28; sale, London, Sotheby's, 15 June 1968, lot 33; Edward Grosvernor Paine, New Orleans, by 1970; sale, London, Sotheby's, 22 June 1981, lot 35
Sold for £600