Unknown, Eye Miniature with Blue Iris, first half of the 19th century

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

Sold at their sale, Catalogue of Fine Portrait Miniatures, Russian Works of Art, and Objects of Vertu, Sotheby’s, London, July 13, 1982, lot 178, as Eye Miniature with Blue Iris [1];

Current location unknown.

Notes

[1] “Four small eye miniatures, English School, all probably first half of the 19th century, two of the eyes with a blue iris, two with brown, all mounted as brooches, two within silver-gilt frames, another within a gilt-metal frame and the fourth in a gold frame, various sizes.”

Catalogue of Fine Portrait Miniatures, Russian Works of Art, and Objects of Vertu (London: Sotheby’s, July 13, 1982), 43, as Eye Miniature with Blue Iris.