Portrait miniature of Mrs Henry Pierce Bone, mother of the artist, in a black dress with red puff sleeves and plumed black hat
signed and dated ‘C.R. Bone 1828’ (upper edge)
on ivory (CVL8RH49)
rectangular, 115mm
in a high, silver-gilt frame
Estimate: | £500 - £700 |
Hammer price: | £1,000 |
Provenance
Robert Bayne-Powell (1910-1994) Collection, Kent; his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 11 October 1994, lot 166;
Private collection, UK
Exhibited
Bath, Holburne Museum, A Likeness in Little – Miniatures and
Silhouettes from 16th to 19th century, 1994, in memory of Robert
Bayne-Powell
Condition report
Minor abrasions off lower border, otherwise good, clean condition. No sign of fluorescence under ultraviolet; unexamined out of frame.