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Catalogue of Fine Portrait Miniatures, Russian Works of Art, and Objects of Vertu, Sotheby’s, London, July 13, 1982, lots 178-181
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Unknown, Eye Miniature with Brown Iris, first half of the 19th century

Artist Unknown (English)
Title Eye Miniature with Brown Iris
Object Date First half of the 19th century
Setting Brooch within a gold frame

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4845

Provenance

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 Brown 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.”

References

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

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Catalogue of Fine Portrait Miniatures, Russian Works of Art, and Objects of Vertu, Sotheby’s, London, July 13, 1982, lots 178-181
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