Lot 590

SAMUEL SHELLEY: A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A YOUNG LADY

Circa 1790

Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer price: £750
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Her hair curled, wearing a white dress, oval on ivory, 6.8x5.3cm, in a gold coloured metal frame

This item has been registered as except from the Ivory Act with APHA.

Condition report:

Minor surface dirt and marks consistent with age but not examined out of the frame. The frame with scratches to the front and back; nibbles to the bottom front where it meets the glass, which no longer fits flush to the frame the whole way around. 

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