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Edward Miles, A Noblewoman, ca. 1785, blue glass surround, mounted in a silver-gilt frame, 1 11/16 in. (4.2 cm), repro. in Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures (London: Sotheby’s, March 15, 1982)

Edward Miles, A Noblewoman, ca. 1785

Artist Edward Miles (English, 1752–1828)
Title A Noblewoman
Object Date ca. 1785
Setting Blue glass surround, mounted in a silver-gilt frame, the reverse with initial D set in rose diamonds beneath a coronet in relief
Dimensions oval 1 11/16 in. (4.2 cm) high

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4755

Artist's Biography

See the artist’s biography in volume 4.

Provenance

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1982;

Sold at their sale, Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures, Sotheby’s, London, March 15, 1982, lot 88, as A Noblewoman [1];

Current location unknown.

Notes

[1] “A noblewoman, her powdered hair dressed à la conseilleur, wearing a powder-blue dress and frilled white , within a blue glass surround, mounted in a silver-gilt frame, the reverse with initial D set in rose diamonds beneath a coronet in relief, white and strawberry enamel also set with rose diamonds, on a plaited hair ground, within bands of half-pearls and blue and white enamel, the back of the loop also set with half-pearls, fitted hinged leather case, oval 1 11/16 in.; 4.2 cm.” The annotated catalogue lists “750” below the lot description.

References

Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures (London: Sotheby’s, March 15, 1982), 24, as A Noblewoman.

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Edward Miles, A Noblewoman, ca. 1785, blue glass surround, mounted in a silver-gilt frame, 1 11/16 in. (4.2 cm), repro. in Silhouettes and Fine Portrait Miniatures (London: Sotheby’s, March 15, 1982)