Andrew Plimer (British, 1763-1837), a oval portrait miniature of Sir Francis Burnett, c1795, three-quarters to dexter, with curling powdered grey hair, wearing a brown jacket with black lapel, white cravat, cloud and sky background, painted on ivory, glazed and framed in a gilt metal frame with blue and white enamel border lines, the reverse glazed with plaited brown hair and gilt monogram, with inked inscription to paper glued on the glass back, frame 8.8cm high excluding bail and column, 7cm wide, portrait 7.9cm high, 6cm wide.FOOTNOTE: Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844) of Foremarke Hall, Derbyshire, was a British politician and member of Parliament who gained notoriety as a proponent of universal male suffrage, equal electoral districts, vote by ballot, and annual parliaments. His commitment to reform resulted in a brief confinement to the Tower of London for libelling the House of Commons. In Parliament he soon became prominent as an opponent of William Pitt the Younger, and as an advocate of popular rights. He denounced the war with France, the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and the proposed exclusion of John Horne Tooke from parliament, and quickly became the idol of the people. In his later years he appeared reconciled to the very limited provisions of the 1832 Reform Act. He was the godfather of Francisco Burdett O'Connor, one of the famed Libertadores of the Spanish American Wars of Independence.FOOTNOTE II: Ivory Sumbission Reference RYF8RV93CONDITION: Not examined out of frame or under a black light. No apparent losses or damage. Some light-beige deposit spots amongst the hair.PACKING & SHIPPINGLet us take the hassle of sorting out packing and shipping from you. Mark Hill Auctions is delighted to be able offer the buyer an in-house packing and shipping service for this lot. We use UPS for shipping and all packages are sent insured with a tracked service. We do not ship without insurance. We do not use any other service such as Royal Mail, FEDEX or DHL.Please see below for estimated packing and shipping prices: UK (Estimated): £14.00This item cannot be shipped outside the UK without proper official documentation and CITES certificates, as it contains ivory. Please satisfy yourself as regards this issue before placing a bid. In addition to these packing and shipping estimates, insurance will be charged as described below.INSURANCE We only ship with insurance. Insurance costs 1.5% of the total of the hammer price plus buyer’s premium and any applicable VAT, so you can work this cost out yourself when you have won a lot and received your invoice. As such, the price for insurance will be added to the above estimates if you request your item(s) to be shipped.HOW TO REQUEST SHIPPING To request packing and shipping, please wait for your invoice to arrive by email and click on the ‘Request Postage’ button on your invoice, or contact us by email at admin@markhillauctions.com requesting packing and shipping for your lot(s). The actual packing, shipping and insurance cost will then be added to your invoice and your invoice will be resent to you for payment.VAT All above quoted packing, shipping and insurance prices will have VAT added at 20%.IMPORTANT When you request your lot(s) to be packed and shipped, you understand and agree that you are committing to pay for packing and shipping because, in order for us to give you an accurate cost, we need to pack the lot(s) to ascertain the final weight and size. By doing that, we have already incurred cost by spending time and using materials to pack your lot(s). Therefore this charge must be paid, even if you later decide to collect your lot.Please note that this packing and shipping service is undertaken entirely at the buyer’s risk. Whilst we are careful and experienced and take the utmost care to pack items as well as we can, we cannot be held responsible for any damage to, or loss of, items packed and sent to you. By paying for our in-house packing and shipping service, the buyer agrees that any items are sent entirely at their own risk and that no compensation can be offered by us for any loss or damage. Lots must be paid for in full before they will be packed and released.MULTIPLE PURCHASES The estimates above are for this lot only. If you buy multiple lots from this auction, they can be combined where possible into one or more packages - size, shape and weight permitting. For these packages containing multiple lots, you will receive a discount of 17.5% of the total of the applicable quotes listed for those lots.IMPORT DUTIES When your item(s) arrive in your country, import duties & taxes and other service charges may be payable before goods are released to you. These duties, taxes and charges vary for each country and are entirely your responsibility and must be paid by you. Please note that we have no way of knowing what they will be. If you do not pay these charges, your item(s) will be returned to us.
