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A 19th century portrait miniature of Schubert - hand painted on porcelain

English School- A miniature study of The Madonna in Ecstasy: tondo, 6.6cm, together with a miniature portrait of a young lady wearing a white cotton bonnet, and a miniature portrait of a lady wearing a blue ribbon and fur lined coat. [3]

Dorothea Carter [19/20th Century]- A miniature portrait of Marshal Joachim Murat [1767-1815]:- head and shoulders signed lower right oval, 6.5cm, on ivory.

Circle of Thomas Richmond [1771-1837]- A miniature portrait of a young gentleman:-, bust-length with short dark hair and hazel eyes wearing a wing collar, white linen necktie and black coat on ivory, oval, 7cm, with guilloche enamel, seed pearl and hair reverse.

English School 18/19th Century- A miniature portrait of a young man, head and shoulders, with long dark hair and wearing a red tunic, oval, 3.4cm, together with a group of seven other various miniatures [8]

English School 18th Century- A miniature portrait of a gentleman, head and shoulders, with blue eyes, wearing a powdered wig, a white cravat and blue coat with gold trim oval, 3.3cm, on ivory.

English School 18/19th Century- A miniature portrait of a gentleman:-, head and shoulders, wearing a powdered wig and a white linen cravat with waistcoat and black jacket oval, 5.5cm, on ivory.

English School late 18th Century- A miniature portrait of a young lady, head and shoulders with red curling hair and blue eyes, wearing a silk shawl, landscape and sky background:- oval, 7.7cm, on ivory.

P. Carloni [Italian School early 19th Century]- A miniature portrait of a European Royal:-, possibly Charles XIII of Sweden, head and shoulders, wearing Orders of the Golden Fleece, Maria Theresa and The Iron Cross, sky background signed and dated 1814 oval, 6.9cm, on ivory.

French School 19th Century- A miniature portrait of Napoleon, head and shoulders:- watercolour on card, tondo 8cm diameter, together with two further miniatures of high ranking officers. [3]

A 19th century gold mesh bracelet: with four applied enamelled oval lockets, each containing a glazed portrait miniature and lock of hair, approximately 66gms gross weight.

Circle of Johann Heinrich Hurter [1734-1799]- A miniature portrait of a lady with rosy cheeks:- and wearing a grey wig, blue silk choker and blue dress oval, 3.8cm, on ivory, together with a companion miniature portrait of a gentleman wearing a top hat. [2]

Huber [German/North European School early 19th Century]- A miniature portrait of a young lady:- bust-length, with dark curling hair and blue eyes, wearing a short blue jacket and white dress, signed and dated Huber ft.1803 oval, 6.6cm, on ivory

Italian School early 19th Century- A miniature portrait of a young lady:- head and shoulders, wearing a feather head piece with blue ribbon and pink dress, oval, 4.2cm, on ivory.

19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL, Portrait miniature, 2 1/2" x 2"

Late 18th/early 19th century oval bust portrait miniature of a military officer on ivory H7cm (framed), portrait miniature of a Victorian woman, on ivory (unframed) and two other portrait miniatures (4) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Early 20th century oval portrait miniature of a lady on ivory H6cm, framed Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

19TH CENTURY OVAL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF AN OFFICER likely painted on card, sitter a grey haired man in uniform, the badge across his sash bears initials 'TR,GV', thistle on his epaulette, mounted in a metal frame with a loop, 10.5cm long

SCOTTISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) HON. JOHN KENNEDY-ERSKINE oval portrait miniature, in pierced gilt metal frame. 9.5cm high, 6.5cm wide Note: Hon. John Kennedy-Erskine was born on 4th June 1802. He was the son of Sir Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa and Margaret Erskine. He was given the name of John Kennedy at birth. He lived at Dun, Angus, Scotland.

An oval portrait miniature watercolour of a late Victorian lady

18TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Gentleman in grey wig, blue jacket, and armour breast plate", possibly Sir William Dick Baronet of Prestonfield, Edinburgh, Scotland, portrait miniature, oil on copper, unsigned, housed in a leather case, the back of the inner removeable velvet covered frame/mount bearing an inscription on paper "This miniature picture is of Sir William Dick Bt of prestonfield deceased ... immediat elder Brother to Sir Alexander Dick Bt his .... successor in the title and estate given him by his niece the Countess of Ballcarres August 3 1779" (sic), 8 cm x 6 cm CONDITION REPORTS This picture comes from a local private vendor, there is no provenance with the picture. The case leather is scratched and flaking to the top all over and especially to the hinge to the back. The silk behind the easel stand is ripped. Inside the velvet is dirty and worn to the two middle sections where it has been pressed against the miniature. The glass has small chip to the top. Under UV light through the glass the painting has a few small dark dots near the bottom of the picture and a couple of small dark dots to his hair, but otherwise the painting has an overall even slightly milky appearance. In natural light the surface of the painting has an all over textured / bobbled appearance. There is a scratch to the miniature in the right top quarter. Generally in need of a clean.

A late 19thC half-length oval portrait miniature, a blonde haired boy, wearing a brown jacket with lace cuffs, collar and white sash 3.5'' x 2.75'' in a floral cast gilt metal frame

An early 19thC head and shoulders, oval portrait miniature, a gentleman wearing a grey wig, white ruff shirt and black jacket 2.25'' x 1.75'' in a black and gilt metal frame

An 18th/19thC head and shoulders oval portrait miniature, Mme La Duchesse du Maine wearing a bejewelled headdress, a white lace blouse and an embroidered dress 3'' x 2.5'' in an engraved, floral cast, gilt metal frame

Late 19thC British School - a miniature head and shoulders portrait, a young woman with her hair in ringlets, wearing a blue dress bears an indistinct signature & inscribed verso 'Annar Kaula' 2.5'' x 2'' in a glazed gilt frame

Miniature Portrait Painting of a British Officer Circa 1830-1855. This fine quality portrait depicts the head and shoulders of a Company Officer, wearing scarlet coatee with mustard facings and gold bullion 1830 pattern Company Officers wings to the shoulders. To his shoulder belt can be found a gilt square plate. Mounted into an attractive oval gold coloured metal frame with floral decoration. The reverse with a lock of hair and initials. Height 6.5 cm

18th Century Napoleonic War Period Miniature Portrait of an Officer. This portrait depicts the head and shoulders of an Officer wearing scarlet coatee with yellow facings and silver buttons. To the right shoulder a silver bullion epaulette. Mounted into an oval gold metal frame, the reverse with a lock of hair. Detail and colours good. Height 5cm. Circa 1790. The vendor states that the portrait is by descent of the family is a portrait of William Lambert of Woodmansterne

Napoleonic War Period Miniature Portrait Painting of an Officer. A very fine head and shoulder portrait of an Officer of a Royal Regiment. Scarlet coatee with Royal blue facings and silver lace. To the right shoulder a bullion epaulette and to his baldric an oval shoulder belt plate. Mounted into a gold coloured oval locket frame, the reverse with plated hair and initials. Detail and colours very good Circa 1810. Height 6.5cm

18th Century Napoleonic War Period Miniature Portrait Painting of a Staff Officer by Arnold. This fine quality miniature portrait depicts the head and shoulder of a Staff Officer / ADC. He is wearing scarlet coatee with Royal blue facings. Across the breast gold bullion floral embroidery and the right shoulder a single gold bullion epaulette. Signed “Arnold”. Mounted into a gold coloured metal locket frame. Detail and colours remain very good. Height of oval 6cm Artist believed to be R.E. Arnold Circa 1791.

λ A pair of Italian carved ivory portrait relief plaques, one of a Bishop the other of bearded man sporting a cap, 18th / 19th century, with a pair of perspex modern stands, 10cm high, together with a pair of Florentine carved giltwood miniature frames. (4)

A painted miniature portrait in antique style bone frame: Napoleon on horseback together with another: Young lady in formal 19th century costume

Late 19th century portrait miniature on ivory of a young boy, formally dressed in pink tie, contained in a fitted tooled leather case, 55mm x 45mm

Portrait miniature of a young gentleman, c. 1820, dressed in a brass-buttoned blue coat, watercolour on ivory, in a fitted leather case. 6.75cm by 5.5cm

Portrait miniature of a young lady, c. 1830, wearing a white shawl, on ivory, in a red morocco fitted case. 8cm by 6.5cm

A 19th Century oval portrait miniature of Shakespeare, on ivory, signed Dirby, tortoiseshell frame, 8cm by 6cm

A portrait miniature of a gentleman in profile, circa 1790, on ivory mounted behind crystal, framed in rose coloured metal, height 5cm

A George III oval portrait miniature of Mary Queen of Scots, circa 1790, on ivory, unsigned, mounted in a yellow metal pendant mount with a lock of hair verso set seed pearls, in original fitted hinged morocco case, 6cm by 5cm Note: An old label inside purports the lock of hair to be that of the sitter

Albert (Neale M.). The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings. A Catalog of an Exhibition held at the Grolier Club September 13 - November 4, 2006, Photographs by Tom Grill, New York, 2006, portrait frontispiece, colour illustrations from photographs throughout, original cloth gilt in slipcase, together with Middleton (Bernard C.), A Catalog of the Thirty-Three Miniature Designer Bindings of You Can Judge a Book by its Cover, Compiled by Mel Cavin, Pico Rivera, California, 1998, colour illustrations from photographs throughout, original two-tone cloth gilt in glassine dust jacket, oblong folio, (one of 500 copies), plus Jury (David, editor), Book Art Object, The Codex Foundation, Berkeley, 2008, colour illustrations from photographs throughout, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plus Duncan (Alastair & Bartha, Georges de), Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding: The French Masterpieces 1880-1940, 1st edition, 1989, colour plates and illustrations from photographs throughout, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus others related on modern bookbinding and the art of the book (30)

English School (late 19th Century) Portrait miniature of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), in a black jacket with white collar watercolour on ivory 5cm (2in) Condition in general is good. Some scratches to the frame. Dirt under the glass. A very small area of raised abrasion to the lower left area, next to the sitter's shoulder. Ivory support a little ill fitting in frame.

Portrait miniature of 'Lady Hamilton' after Romney and an oval portrait of a child (2)

French School (circa 1900) Portrait miniature of Mademoiselle Madeleine-Pauline Dacruet watercolour on ivory, in a gilt leaf chased frame 10cm (4in) Without glass. Needs refixing in frame. Some surface abrasions present. Some surface dirt present. Area of yellowing abrasion above sitter's head.

English School (19th Century) - Five portrait miniatures; A gentleman wearing a navy coat and white stock, 6.5 cm; another gentleman wearing a brown coat and a curled wig, (very faded) 4 cm; A lady wearing a cream dress with white ruffled lace and a pearl necklace, 6.5 cm; A young lady writing, wearing a white dress with red sash, loose but cased, 11cm, watercolour on ivory; and a cased miniature of a member of the Scott family, standing in a purple jacket and black cravat with multicoloured trim, heavily cracked and damaged (5)

Miniature view of an Indian temple, watercolour on ivory, 5 x 6 cm; portrait miniature of an Indian nobleman, watercolour, watercolour on ivory, 3.5 cm and view of a monastery at moonlight with blossom tree, textile and embroidery, with shaped top, 11 x 6 cm (3) Taj: is very rubbed and a modern frame Prince: quite naive and in a rolled gold frame Monastery: in good order

A portrait miniature of an Edwardian lady, a Japanese lacquer box, 27cm wide, model elephants and other collectable items

Antique hand painted ivory portrait miniature in bronze and fabric frame. Artist signed. Wear to fabric or in good condition. Measures 6-3/4" x 4-3/4". This item will only be shipped domestically and was legally imported into the United States. Shipping to California, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York is Not Available for this Lot. Shipping $35.00

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY OVAL MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with flower adorned long brown hair and blue dress, painted on ivory, 2.8cm high (unframed)

A LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY GOLD AND ENAMELLED SNUFF BOX, possibly Swiss or German, with maker's mark 'FJ' possibly for François Joanin and stamped sunburst marks, of hinged oval form, the cover inset with oval portrait miniature of a gentleman on ivory, wearing white wig and black overcoat, to blue guilloché enamel ground with white enamel borders, the inside cover inset with oval portrait miniature of a child on ivory, the sides with blue and white enamel panels, separated by pilasters, above similarly decorated base, numbered 1338, in later Victorian R & S Garrard & Co fitted case, length 8.7cm

A 19TH CENTURY OVAL MINIATURE WATERCOLOUR of a ruined building with cattle in the foreground, 11 x 8cm and an oval portrait of a gentleman in military uniform, 16 x 12cm in gilt frame (2)

AN OVAL MINIATURE PORTRAIT of a gentleman in black top coat and white stock on ivory, the back set with a lock of hair within a gilt brass frame, 8 x 6cm

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A YOUNG WOMAN WITH HER BABY BEFORE BLOSSOM, IVORY, OVAL, 8CM X 10.5CM, GILTMETAL FRAME

*Marshall (Thomas). Portrait of a Lady, 1836, watercolour on ivory, half-length portrait of a lady seated, wearing a salmon pink gown, lace collar, and a frilled bonnet, signed and dated to left margin, 9.5 x 7.5cm (3.75 x 3ins), housed in original velvet-lined maroon morocco hinged case (rubbed), glazed (adhesive tape securing glass), together with an oval head and shoulders portrait miniature of John Bates Penfold of Canterbury, wearing a green coat and white necktie, 4.5 x 3.5cm (1.75 x 1.25ins), mounted, gilt moulded frame, glazed, verso with original framer's label and contemporary manuscript inscription 'John Bates Penfold of Canterbury, born Novr. 20th 1766, Ann Penfold, born Novr. 23rd 1769', accompanied by a folded vellum deed granting the Freedom of the City of Canterbury to John Bates Penfold (2)

*Lacon (John, d. circa 1757). Portrait Miniature of a young lady, 1753, watercolour on ivory half-length oval portrait of a young lady in pink dress with blue shawl wrap, signed and dated J[ohn]. Lacon 1753 lower right, 45 x 36mm (1.75 x 1.5ins), brass frame, glazed, together with Portrait miniature of a gentleman in blue coat, mid 18th century, watercolour on ivory half-length oval portrait, within double glazed brass brooch frame with hinged pin, containing mounted lock of hair to back board and inscribed to verso 'Souvenir de mon P‚re', miniature dimensions 45 x 37mm (1.75 x 1.5ins), plus Portrait miniature of a gentleman in profile facing left, circa late 18th century, watercolour & bodycolour on thin card round portrait, red sealing wax to verso, diameter 49mm (2ins), brass frame, glazed, The miniature portrait artist John Lacon worked from circa 1740 in Bath, and also established with his family a fashionable puppet-show, featuring life-size Wax Figures. He is recorded as having possibly worked in the medium of wax in the Proceedings of the Bath Natural History Antiquarian Club Field, vol.8, p.215, 1897. (3)

Portrait Miniature. Portrait of a gentleman, early 18th century, oil on panel, head and shoulders portrait of a bewigged gentleman in a blue coat and white necktie, 6 x 4.5cm (2.25 x 1.75ins), brass frame, glazed (1)

A MINIATURE PORTRAIT, of mother and child within a rose-gold coloured frame with monogram to the reverse

A MINIATURE PORTRAIT, of Regency gentleman within a fancy scrolling gilt frame, dimensions 8cm x 5cm

A group of assorted small furnishing pictures and portraits to include: a pair of 18th Century cartoons, 'The Sulky Club' and 'The Smoking Club'; military uniform studies and a British School portrait miniature of a young gentleman in watercolours, annotated: 'Mr Joseph' verso. Framed. (11)

Miniature portraits - Lady holding a lamp, bodycolour; a Stobwasser style portrait of a bearded gentleman with green tie; together with a portrait of a lady wearing a green velvet riding jacket, signed with initials, bodycolour on ivory. (3)

A 19th century yellow metal mounted pendant brooch, set portrait miniature, depicting a young gentleman, having glass aperture to verso containing a lock of hair. H: 4.5cm

Early 19th century, possibly Continental School, half length portrait of a lady with scarf-tied hair, wearing a blue gown, a miniature on ivory, 8 x 5.5cm oval, in a period ivory frame, together with another later miniature of a lady in a ribbon tied gilt metal frame, 5cm diameter (2)

Early 19th century British school, half length portrait of a gentleman with white combed hair, cravat and black coat against a pink and blue sky, a portrait miniature on ivory, 6.5 x 5cm oval, in an ebonised frame with gilt metal rose cast suspension ring