Miniature Painting on porcelain Girl with violin

Fine Art: Paintings: Miniatures Pre 1910: item #588098

Beautiful Painting on porcelain Germany, marked Bellerin von pont Muich Leitol Leilost original reticulated gilded frame. Very good condition

Miniature Painting on Ivory, Young Girl, NY c 1861

Fine Art: Paintings: Miniatures Pre 1900: item #578299
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Beautifully executed miniature painting on ivory of an attractive young woman. According to writing on the reverse, the sitter is Julia Weigale, of NY, and the portrait was done in 1861. The rendering of the details, from the sheen in the hair, the brooch, the careful shadings of the dress, and the exquisite treatment of the lace, indicates that the artist was quite talented and might have had some professional training. The piece is unsigned, and an attribution has not yet been made. The... Click for details

French School, early 19th C portrait Mini

Fine Art: Paintings: Miniatures Pre 1837 VR: item #575033

Fine portrait miniature of a woman, watercolor on ivory in the original ormolu bezel, 3 1/4" diameter.

Antique Persian Miniature, framed

Fine Art: Paintings: Miniatures Pre 1800: item #569215

Collectors item: Polychrome authentic Persian Miniature, very finely painted on paper, framed, good condition with some very minor normal wear due to age, size of painting without frame: H. 30cm x W. 19cm, artist's name and exact date unknown.

Large Georgian Memorial Mourning Brooch – Magnificent

Fine Art: Paintings: Miniatures Pre 1837 VR: item #550310
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This is a truly magnificent large Georgian memorial mourning brooch. The painted scene shows a woman in a Grecian style dress in front of a memorial stone entitled “ Souvenir”, and framed at the top and side by a weeping willow. There is an elaborate reverse painted edge in black and gold to the glass.
The reverse side of the piece has a lovely hair decoration as shown in the picture, and the frame is a rich gold co... Click for details

Officer of the Grenadier Company, c.1835

Fine Art: Paintings: Miniatures Pre 1837 VR: item #549772
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Anglo-Indian School, officer of a Grenadier Company, 28th Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry, c. 1835. The water color on ivory, head-and-shoulders portrait depicts an officer with spectacles, wearing a scarlet coat with gold stand-up collar, a white shoulder belt with gold belt plate bearing the number "28", and a sword by his side. Imbossed brass mount set in black papier mache frame with acorn hanger. Rectangular, 10 cms. X 7 3/4 cms. (4 inches X 3 1/8 inches). Photographs demonstrate... Click for details

Fine Ivory Miniature Portrait Painting; c 1830

Fine Art: Paintings: Miniatures Pre 1837 VR: item #546491
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An exceptionally well done portrait of a handsome young man.

The painting itself is in excellent condition, with no chips, scratches, splits, or restoration. Housed in its original embossed metal locket, which is unusual in that it has a front metal cover. The hinge to this cover is broken and the cover is detached. Please note that the sitter's head is not flat, but is not easily photographed because of the curve of ... Click for details

Spenser Perceval by James Holmes Jr.

Fine Art: Paintings: Miniatures Pre 1900: item #542241
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Portrait of Spencer Perceval, the grandson of the Prime Minister Spencer Perceval by James Holmes Jr. The watercolour on ivory, head-and-shoulders portrait depicts Spencer Perceval in 3/4 pose, facing left. He wears the uniform of the Coldstream Guards. His scarlet coat with gold buttons in pairs, the collarembroidered with the Star of the Order of the Garter. White shoulder belt with gold belt plate also embroidered with the Star of the Garter. Gold Epaulettes. Signed and dated to the rev... Click for details

Superb Pair of Amer. Ivory Miniature Portraits; c 1830

Fine Art: Paintings: Miniatures Pre 1837 VR: item #537963
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A beautifully executed pair of miniature portraits on ivory, from a family estate in Philadelphia. The portraits are of the very handsome and attractive James and Julia Holmes (brother and sister), and descended in the family. Each is signed "Hagen," and were probably done by Earl Hagen, who worked in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey areas from 1810 to 1850.

The frames are of cast metal (backed with fabric), and appear t... Click for details

Attrib. to Mme L. Bourdon, Port. Mini,French 18th C

Fine Art: Paintings: Miniatures Pre 1837 VR: item #537802

Signed Bourdon, 1796, watercolor on ivory, we are not sure if this work is by Bourdon.