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Lot 609
A COLLECTION OF BRITISH MILITARY BRASS AND PLATED HEAD-DRESS BADGES AND OTHER INSIGNIA mounted on card or framed comprising Royal Flying Corps, Artist's Rifles, Machine Gun Corps attributed to 137400 PTE T HOWDEN MGC, AOC attributed to 035339 PTE R H SMITH AOC, KSLI, RND and Grenadiers/Fusiliers
Lot 1411
A good Battersea enamel oval portrait plaque, c.1760, of the Countess of Coventry, Maria Gunning, wearing a yellow patterned dress, her chin resting on one hand, mounted in a metal frame, copied from Jean-Etienne Liotard's 1749 painting of her in Turkish costume, 10.5cm overall. Maria Gunning as a celebrated beauty of the 18th century, so much so that she was once mobbed in Hyde Park. Against her husband's advice, she wore heavy make up despite her young age, which contributed to her death at the age of 27 from lead and mercury poisoning.
Lot 1713
A Chelsea chinoiserie flower holder figure, c.1762, modelled as a Chinaman wearing Eastern dress and seated beside a large white vase, the top of which is pierced with an arrangement of holes, raised on a scrolling rococo base picked out in gilt, gold anchor mark to the reverse, some good restoration, 20cm. Cf. Frank Stoner, Chelsea, Bow and Derby Porcelain Figures, pl.33.
Lot 1413
A Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnière, c.1760-70, naturalistically modelled as the head of a wild boar, the fur finely detailed, with protruding tusks, the hinged lid painted with the portrait of of a lady in a slipping yellow dress, some restoration, 7.6cm. Provenance: from the collection of Dr Venetia Newall. Cf. Susan Benjamin, English Enamel Boxes, p 26 for a similar example.
Lot 1306
A large Robinson and Leadbetter Parian bust of Queen Victoria, c.1897, modelled by R J Morris to commemorate Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, her mourning dress and lace veil finely detailed, wearing a cameo of Prince Albert on her left breast, the whole raised on a circular socle, titled to the reverse and impressed 'R&L', 53cm. Cf. Richard Dennis, The Parian Phenomenon, p.229, fig.745.
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