John Smart, 18th century oval portrait miniature painted on ivory, believed to be of Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1795), in Lieutenant-General's uniform, monogrammed JS and dated 1786 with I below for India, in gilt metal frame with bead edge, ribbon to the top and velvet back, maximum diameter 2.5ins Condition report: been entered by a local private lady who tells us that it has been in the family for a number of years
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T Wheeler (British, exh. 1817-1845) Portrait miniature of a gentleman, 1836 Inscribed in ink on the reverse and dated 'Painted by / T Wheeler / 55 Regent / Quadrant / March 1836' watercolour on ivory 10.20 x 8cm (4 x 3in) T. Wheeler exhibited as a "Miniature Painter" at the Royal Academy every year from 1817 to 1845. His address is given as 184, Fleet Street. However, another exhibitor, Miss M.A. Wheeler (afterwards Mrs. David Johnston) Painter, who exhibited in 1834 and 1835, is listed with the address 55, Regent Quadrant. She may be his daughter. It is signed TWheeler = so possibly by T. Wheeler, but perhaps stayed at a different address, with his daughter, in 1836. Unframed and the surface is warped. Cream edges are discoloured. Central image is clear and good. Top left-hand corner is missing.
A small silver bell shaped inkwell by A&J Zimmerman, Birmingham, 1913 complete with glass liner, loaded together with a metalwares shallow bowl of circular shape with strawberry border marked 925, a Scottish silver 'Sherry' label, Edinburgh, 1820 and an Indian colonial silver 'Vermouth' label, an Eastern metalwares snuff bottle with enamel decoration, a miniature portrait in an oval metal frame together with a quanity of studs and buttons some gold, a silver backed hairbrush and companion hand mirror, marks rubbed, a small quantity of low value British and American coinage, an oval photograph in a miniature frame, a Victorian silver 'Whisky' label, Sheffield, an eight day pocket watch and a travelling alarm clock and an Art Nouveau metal wares enamelled brooch etc (qty)
English School, 19th Century, profile portrait miniature, head and shoulders of a gentleman, watercolour, oval, 6.5cm x 5.3cm, ebonised frame, labelled verso, Mr C. Herve, miniature painter, 43 New Bond Street, London, and another profile portrait miniature of a gentleman, indistinctly signed watercolour, (2).
English School, early 19th Century, portrait miniature, head and shoulders of a lady, watercolour, unsigned, 7.5cm x 6cm, inscribed verso, Mary Goggs aged 63 years, taken at Fakenham by Mr Hunter 1828, ebonised frame and another portrait miniature, head and shoulders of a man, watercolour, 7cm x 5.5cm, inscribed verso, Robert Goggs aged 64 years, taken at Colrook (?) by Mr Janes 1823, ebonised frame, (2).
English School, 19th Century, profile silhouette miniature, head and shoulders of a lady, highlighted, oval, 9cm x 7cm, indistinctly inscribed, perhaps Huddersfield, dated 1825, label verso, Hannah Richardson, born 1794, died 1878 and a profile portrait miniature, head and shoulders of a lady, watercolour, 8cm x 6.5cm, indistinctly inscribed, verso, perhaps T J Horsley, both in rectangular ebonised frames, (2).
Late 18th Century, profile portrait silhouette miniature, head and shoulders of a gentleman by "Houghton and Bruce", on plaster, 9.5cm x 7.5cm, cracked, verre eglomise glass, paper labelled to the back, moulded ebonised frame, another portrait miniature, profile silhouette, head and shoulders of a lady on plaster, verre eglomise glass by Houghton, paper labelled verso, moulded ebonised frame, repaired, (2).
Late 18th Century English School, portrait miniature profile silhouette, head and shoulders of a gentleman on plaster, visible, 8.5cm x 6cm, verre eglomise glass in a rectangular ebonised frame, labelled verso, "Miers", Profile Painter and Jeweller, Strand, London, inscribed verso Robert George Baker, Vicar of Fulham, born October 29th 1788, died February 21st 1878, likeness taken October 1812, and another portrait miniature profile silhouette, head and shoulders of a gentleman, plaster, 8.5cm x 6.5cm, labelled verso, Miers, profile Painter and Jeweller, opposite Exeter Change, London, (2).
Two Victorian portrait miniature profile silhouettes, head and shoulders of lady and gentleman, highlighted with watercolour, 8cm x 5cm, mounted and framed as one, inscribed verso, Mary Bentley and Reverand Adam Ford, another silhouette inscribed Mrs Coates, Hurlington Hall, 1833, another silhouette of a lady, head and shoulders, inscribed Mrs Antonio Copples, wife of Dr Charles Copples, Royal Artiliary, and three other un-named Victorian silhouettes of ladies, (7).
English School, 19th Century, miniature portrait, profile silhouette, head and shoulders of a gentleman, heightened in gilt, 8cm x 6.5cm, ebonised rectangular frame, inscribed verso, William May of Bridgewater, died 1824, another Victorian portrait, head and shoulders of a gentleman, inscribed Henry Grady, another Victorian silhouette, head and shoulders of a gentleman, inscribed Grandfather John Bird, another Victorian silhouette, head and shoulders of a gentleman, inscribed Richard Barnadiston Yates, born 1801, died 1883, and four other un-named Victorian silhouettes, gentleman, framed, (8).
Victorian School, miniature profile portrait silhouette, head and shoulders of a gentleman, 7cm x 5.5cm, rectangular ebonised frame, labelled verso, taken by Prosopographus the Automotan Artists, Strand, and labelled either Joseph or his Brother E D W Fry and seven other Victorian silhouettes, head and shoulders portraits of gentleman, rectangular ebonised frames, (8).
Victorian School, miniature portrait profile silhouette, head and shoulders of a young girl, highlighted in gilt, oval, 6.5cm x 5.2cm, rectangular ebonised frame, labelled verso, cut with common scissors by Mr W Seville, three other Victorian full length silhouettes of young girls and a head and shoulders silhouette of a young girl, turned and carved ivory frame, (5).
λ A 19th century turned ivory box and cover, the lid inset with a portrait miniature of a lady, signed indistinctly, the base with a paper label inscribed in pencil 'Duchesse di Parme', 9cm diameter, together with two Indian ivory groups of figures with oxen, a Chinese carved ivory aide memoire, an ivory seal, an ivory hand mirror, a tortoiseshell hair comb and a bone pot and cover. (8)
A Regency miniature watercolour portrait of a young gentleman, facing dexter dressed in stock collar and blue frock coat, inscribed verso 'Patrick O'Neill Aberdeen June 1823', together with an earlier pencil sketch of a young lady in smock chemise c.1800, both presented in ebonised frames (2)

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