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Miniatures & Silhouettes — Precious Objects - Philips Auctions Australia
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| Philips Auctions Australia | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Miniatures & Silhouettes
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A group of six Mughal portrait miniatures, late 19th to early 20th century, oval half portraits of three raj emperors and their consorts in jewel like watercolours with gilt enrichments upon ivory panels, height 7 cm, width 6 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of painted porcelain portrait miniatures of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, third quarter 19th century, each bust length and in ceremonial dress, each within an inscribed oval on a rectangular plaque, unsigned, the reverse of the plaques unmarked… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of painted porcelain portrait miniatures of Napoleon and Josephine, 19th century, each oval and bust length, he in a military uniform, she wearing a veil and a ruby, pearl, and gold parure, both signed to the right, possibly 'Wagner' (part obscured… | *** |  |
| *** | A painted miniature on ivory of Napoleon, circa 1830, signed Walter, the image of Napoleon in full military dress and set in a gilt wreath bordered frame. Height 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique portrait miniature of Lord Nelson, late 19th century, a typical half portrait of the Nelson as vice Admiral wearing the medal of the Nile, in watercolour on ivory signed Smith to left of image, additionally, signed in pencil, apparently 'Cleal'… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique ivory miniature painting, the figure of an 18th century woman, signed and dated F.de Lis 1771, within a copper pink silk mount and circular moulded gilt frame with a bow embellishment. Diameter 9.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A framed ivory miniature painting of Napoleon, 19th century, a contemplative and informal image of the seated Napoleon wearing his great coat and boots, in oil with a narrow brass mount and original ebonised surround; with contemporary framing. Height 26… | *** |  |
| *** | A painted miniature on ivory of Admiral Earl Howe, circa 1820, signed Hopeford lower left. Dressed in a blue overcoat with a St George cross against brown ground. Height 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A portrait miniature of Mary Stuart (Mary Queen of Scots), 20th century, an oval portrait in gouache and watercolour after a work by Nicholas Hilliard 1578, with apocryphal signature of Hilliard and housed in a decorative pierced and pressed metal frame,… | *** |  |
| *** | A gold-framed painted miniature portrait of an officer, early 19th century, bust length, the glazed reverse enclosing woven hair. Height 7 cm. Width 5.5 cm, oval | *** |  |
| *** | A painted miniature portrait of man in mid-eighteenth century dress, 19th century, bust length, the unidentified sitter probably a King or nobleman. Height 8 cm. Width 6.5 cm, oval | *** |  |
| *** | A painted miniature on ivory of Napoleon, circa 1830, signed V.H Mauttey, the image of Napoleon in full military dress set in a gilt frame with ribbon top. Diameter 7 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A painted miniature on ivory of Catherine, the great, circa 1800, the seated Catharine wearing a cornet Crown an a patriotic necklace, the picture set in a wooden frame. Notes slight damage. Diameter 6.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Three antique watercolour miniatures of Gentlemen, early to later 19th century, English and Italian, comprising a gentleman in a frock coat with a white ruffled shirt signed, Ford, an Italian portrait of a man in a blue frock coat with black cravat,… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique miniature on ivory. Possibly 18th century. A delicately painted watercolour half-length portrait of an aristocratic woman in contemporary attire, blue textured drapes and a Crown behind her; set within an ivory frame. Height 11.5 cm. Width 9.5… | *** |  |
| *** | A painted miniature on ivory of a young maiden, circa 1820, signed richly. Dressed in a long gown with flowing veil, signed lower right. Height 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Hudson, William (British school, active C.1820), Mrs Thomas Hall (attributed), portrait miniature, rectangular watercolour on ivory, depicting Mrs hall, dressed in a lace trimmed mauve gown, signed and dated W. Hudson 1819 upper, right, housed in a… | *** |  |
| *** | A painted miniature on ivory of Captain Lord Keith, circa 1830, signed Hopeford, the gentleman dressed in a blue jacket and sash against a grey ground. Height 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A painted miniature on ivory of a young Prince Regent, circa 1820.signed Cosway, the young man with powdered hair in a blue overcoat, signed to the right hand side. Height 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A finely painted miniature on ivory of Juliette Recamier, circa 1,800, Dressed in a high shouldered gown and wearing a drop necklace and cornet painted against a blue ground. Height 6.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of portrait miniatures of Fashionable ladies, early to mid 20th century, featuring half length portraits of ladies in 18th century Gainsborough style dress with splendidly adorned hats, in matching dish form ebonised frames, height 12 cm, width 10… | *** |  |
| *** | Two miniatures and a butterfly wing picture, 19th/20th century comprising one of a young woman bust-length, probably late Georgian and on ivory, in a dish form ebonised frame, another circular of Jane, Countess of Harrington seated, signed 'Sorel', in a… | *** |  |
| *** | A signed antique ivory miniature of classical Maidens, 19th century, the two animated maidens in draped and flowing attire in pastel amber colours in a woodland setting; signed on the right hand signed, Suca' and housed in a fine Empire style bronze frame… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of framed antique miniature portraits, 19th century, delicate water colour portraits of ladies in antique dress enclosed by pinchbeck engine turned mounts and frames, housed in tooled and decoratively pressed cases, height 12 cm, width 9.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An allegorical miniature painting, an oval painting in gouache and watercolour depicting 'Leda and the swan' after a lost painting by Michelangelo, bearing an apocryphal signature lower right, M. Buonarroti, housed in an ivory tile frame with contrasting… | *** |  |
| *** | Three fine miniatures in ivory and timber frames, two handpainted portraits of women, one signed Greuze and the other Stulen' both in intricately patterned ivory frames, one in a sunburst pattern the other set as tiles with tortoiseshell corners, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A painted miniature on ivory of a young maiden, circa 1800. Attributed to Edouard, the maiden in a flowing gown and red ribbon in her hair. Height 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Georgian gold-framed painted miniature portrait of a young girl, early 19th century, waist-length, the glazed reverse enclosing woven hair, the frame with a hanging loop. Height 7 cm. Width 4 cm (overall), oval | *** |  |
| *** | A painted miniature on ivory of a young General, circa 1790, Dressed in a red over coat and blue sash with a powdered wig. Height 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique portrait miniature of Mary Queen of Scots, 19th century, in opaque watercolours on ivory and depicting the Queen in ermine trimmed black robes, height 9.5 cm, width 7 cm, (miniature only) | *** |  |
| *** | An antique painted Continental porcelain miniature portrait, 19th century, possibly of Berlin manufacture, impressed mark 15, the serene profile image of a female saint upon a sombre ground and housed in a floral pinchbeck frame with bail, length 8.5 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | A late Georgian painted miniature on ivory of a young maiden, circa 1840, dressed in a black gown against a grey ground. Height 6 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A portrait miniature of a woman in a mauve dress, early 19th century, an elegant study of a modish woman with long curled hair in a straw hat with mauve ribbons, in an ebonised frame with a cast acorn mount with hanging ring, height 13 cm, width 10.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A cased Victorian portrait miniature, 19th century, the oval portrait bust of a woman fashionably dressed and coiffed in the Empire manner, housed in a gilt metal frame within a decorative pressed book form cover with an embossed velvet pad, some losses… | *** |  |
| *** | A signed antique miniature on ivory, early 20th century, the finely painted image of a woman fashionably attired in the manner of Gainsborough with a rose and feather plumed straw hat and diaphanous clothing in pastel hues, signed 'Belle' and housed in a… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Victorian cabinet miniature on ivory, 19th century, the semi-profile portrait of a serene young woman in mourning attire with a horseshoe brooch at her throat, in watercolour on ivory and set within an oval rolled rose gold frame; in a later maroon… | *** |  |
| *** | Three silhouette Portraits: two Georgian and one early Victorian, late 18th century to 1840s, a silhouette of a gentleman finely painted on glass and housed in the original papier mache frame with a foliate mount, a delicate 'Shade' portrait of a young… | *** |  |
| *** | An early French miniature portrait of Napoleon as Emperor, early 19th century, possibly on ivory, bust-length, the Emperor crowned with laurel and wearing his robes of state and cloak emblazoned with bees, glazed within a metal bezel in an antique moulded… | *** |  |
| *** | A portrait miniature of lady Jane grey, oval, in a gilt filigree frame. Height 10.5 cm. Width 9 cm. (overall) | *** |  |
| *** | A portrait miniature of Sir Thomas Picton, 19th century, the watercolour image of the British General who fell leading his men at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo and was buried on the field, housed in an oval brass frame, with a handwritten history of the… | *** |  |
| *** | Two framed miniatures, one of a girl bust-length, probably late Georgian and on ivory, the other a reduced version of the 'Mona Lisa', signed indistinctly, late 19th century or later. Height 12.5 cm. Width 11 cm. (overall, including frame), and slightly… | *** |  |
| *** | A Georgian portrait miniature of a woman, early 19th century, the oval portrait in watercolour on ivory of a finely dressed woman in a lace embellished light blue dress with plumage in her hair, in a gilt washed frame. Length 5.5 cm. Width 4.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | French school (19th century) A gentleman in a fur-trimmed coat, traditionally identified as Richard Wagner painted on ivory, signed 'Lavare'[?] centre right, oval, in a fine paste-jewelled filigree brass frame. Height 11 cm. Width 9 cm (overall) | *** |  |
| *** | A cased miniature portrait of a lady, possibly the young Queen Victoria, English, first half 19th century, probably on ivory, half-body length, the sitter in plain clothes including a shawl and bonnet, mounted under glass within a hinged red… | *** |  |
| *** | Two miniature paintings in ivory frames, 20th century, two finely painted oval miniatures, one of an older Dutch woman in 17th century attire with a lace bonnet and Elizabethan collar, and a Regency styled younger woman, both signed and housed in ivory… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine portrait miniature of lady Harrington, 19th century, unsigned, a rectangular half portrait of the aristocratic sitter attired in a white, ruffled gown and strands of pearls, in watercolours on ivory, and housed in a brass easel back frame with… | *** |  |
| *** | A mixed collection of vintage ivory cigarette holders, napkin rings, an antique seal, knife rests, vase and spoon, 19th century to 1960s, twenty one items, Seven assorted oriental carved and engraved cigarette holders, seven carved elephant napkin rings… | *** |  |
| *** | Four Napoleon III framed miniatures, 3rd quarter 19th century, comprising two circular miniatures of ladies in square wooden frames with gilt surrounds, a lovely bronze gilt frame with ribboned crest with a carved bone dancing couple, and an oval frame… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique French miniature painting of a woman in a gold plated frame, 1775, with date and initials, A.S. To margin, the portrait bust in watercolour and white highlights on ivory of a woman in a powdered wig and a white lace dress upon a pastel blue… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Georgian portrait miniatures, early 19th century, the portraits in watercolour on ivory, one probably late Georgian of a young woman, the other of gentleman in a frock coat, apparently unsigned, both oval and housed in ebonised frames, one with acorn… | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature painting of a Milkmaid, an oval miniature after Jean Baptiste Greuze's 1780 painting of a milkmaid and donkey, in a faux tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl frame; with a 1989 Moorland Galleries receipt, United Kingdom, for £290. Height 14.5 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | A signed portrait miniature of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, 19th to early 20th century, signed Cosway, (Richard 1742-1840) but after, an opposite half portrait of a work originally by Thomas Gainsborough painted in 1787, in watercolours on… | *** |  |
| *** | A signed portrait miniature of a lady, late 19th century possibly a late 19th century miniature portrait of Mrs. Currie after a portrait pastel by John Russell, on card, housed in a circular brass egg and dart easel frame, signed 'Delprat D. John Russell'… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique portrait miniature of a woman early 20th century, the half portrait of an elegant attired Georgian lady in a plumed hat and a blue gown, in watercolours on ivory or ivorine, housed in a simple timber frame, height 12 cm, width 10 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An ivory framed miniature. The oval frame mould with veneered ivory panels around a gold bezel and enclosing a miniature image of a young woman attired in the Empire manner. Height 9.5 cm. Width 8.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A late Georgian miniature portrait of a mother and her Daughter, early 19th century, possibly on ivory, the sitters half-length, posed embracing, glazed within a metal bezel frame. Height 8 cm. Width 6.5 cm, oval | *** |  |
| *** | Two antique miniature portrait paintings, 19th to 20th century, depicting a woman in a jewelled head dress and white and yellow medieval, style gown, and an 18th century style lady in country attire with a flower, decorated straw hat, both signed and… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of portrait miniatures in ebonised hanging frames, mid 20th century, petite oval portraits of young women in watercolours housed in Georgian style ebonised frames with foliate hanging mounts and connected by a pale olive velvet green ribbon, length… | *** |  |
| *** | A European miniature painting of a woman housed in an antique, tortoiseshell inlaid brass frame, 19th century, the oval watercolour half portrait of a woman in 18th century attire in a brass frame inlaid with tortoiseshell decoration in the form of a bird… | *** |  |
| *** | Two antique miniature portrait paintings, 19th to 20th century, a portrait of a lady in a dark blue dress wearing a black short mantilla, dressed with a red flower, and a portrait of a woman wearing pearls, an ermine trimmed velvet cape over one shoulder,… | *** |  |
| *** | Four Victorian silhouettes and an engraving of young Victoria, 19th century, an opposite boy and girl pair, with delicate gold highlights, a printed silhouette of a girl carrying a cat, a female profile bust in an oval frame; an engraved half portrait of… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Georgian silhouette miniature, late 18th to early 19th century, the painted profile silhouette of a young man, delicately rendered with wisps of hair across his brow and fine eyelashes, in an oval brass bezel within a rectangular ebonised frame… | *** |  |
| *** | Three gilt framed miniature portraits of Noble ladys, 19th and 20th century, comprising a hand painted oval miniature in pierced filigree and ivory gilt frame, another signed silver with hand painted highlights and a print portrait in gilt frame, height… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of vintage miniature portrait paintings after Thomas Gainsborough, early 20th century, a portrait after 'Mrs Sarah Siddons', and a woman in a pink dress with a large plumed hat, both with facsimile signatures, housed in matching, intricately… | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature painting of Venus, a watercolour miniature roundel depicting Venus with cupid in the manner of Francois Boucher, but later, and housed in a square wooden frame with a gilt bronze bezel, signed, possibly Barroel, height 14.5 cm, width 14 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A portrait miniature of a man, early 20th century, portrait in oil of a man in early 19th century dress, height 9 cm, width 7.5 cm, (miniature only) | *** |  |
| *** | Two antique miniature portrait paintings, 19th to early 20th century, a youth in a black cap, leaning on his right hand, in watercolour on ivory, signed apparently L de Goyan lower right, and a portrait of a young boy, wearing a decoration upon his light… | *** |  |
| *** | Two portrait miniatures, Edwardian and after, early 20th century, in opaque watercolours on ivory, an oval portrait of a gentleman, a gift to his wife with engraved annotations verso, in a gold plated brass frame; and a square portrait of a Dutch girl, in… | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature portrait of a lady, 19th century, probably on ivory, the sitter bust-length wearing a hat, signed 'Hans', framed under glass, diameter 10.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique ivory portrait miniature, 18th century, French, apparently signed Charlize, the finely rendered circular portrait of a modish woman wearing a floral decorated straw hat, in delicate pastel tones, signed lower right, set within a brass bezel to… | *** |  |
| *** | French school, latter half 18th century, a miniature portrait of Pasquale de Paoli, of Corsica, engraving, in a moulded wood frame. Height 14 cm. Width 11 cm (overall, including frame) | *** |  |
| *** | A German miniature painting in an ivory frame, the oval image of a late 18th century style woman with a floral hat and a laced bodice recessed in an ivory panelled octagonal frame with an agate coloured border. Height 10 cm. Width 8.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique portrait miniature, late 18th / early 19th century, the small unsigned oval portrait miniature on ivory or board of an army officer in uniform, the brass bezel set within a rectangular ebonised frame with an acorn embellished hook to the crest… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique portrait miniature of Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe, after the 1828 portrait of the writer and statesman by Joseph Karl Stieler, and housed in a ivory tile and ebonised timber frame, miniature also signed Stieler, but later, height 14 cm, width 12… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique ivory portrait miniature, 18th century, unsigned, a slightly naïve oval portrait of a modish young woman wearing pearls with a cameo and a plumed hat to her coiffed hair, the brass bezel set within a rectangular ebonised frame with an acorn… | *** |  |
| *** | Two antique miniature portraits in wooden frames, early 20th century, a portrait of Queen Henrietta, wife of Charles I in an ebonised dish form frame, pencil inscription to reverse of image, and; a small, signed, half length portrait of a woman in a rose… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique signed and framed ivory miniature, 19th century, the circular miniature of a young girl with long curly hair and a Gainsborough style feathered hat, shawl and fur muff; signed to side, in a dish form squared ebonised frame, height 14 cm, width… | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature portrait of a lady, the watercolour half portrait of a woman in early 19th century attire in a green dress and ribboned bonnet, signed indistinctly lower left, housed in a lightly hammered oval copper frame | *** |  |
| *** | Two vintage miniature paintings, a portrait miniature roundel of Rembrandt housed in a burr walnut frame, and an oval rococo romantic scene signed Lancet set within a diagonal pressed metal frame with a border of plain and floral painted ivory tiles,… | *** |  |
| *** | A portrait miniature of Empress Josephine, a porcelain plaque with a portrait bust of Josephine wearing a crown, in a gilt metal frame with ribbon crest and easel back, label verso to plaque with title, numbered 15 and numerals 10457, length 11 cm, width… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique portrait miniature of a man, 19th century, probably German, the rectangular half portrait of an older gentleman in a semi-profile pose and wearing a grey brown coat jacket, in watercolours on ivory, with signature of a. Horstmann lower right of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian portrait miniature of a man, late 19th century, the oval portrait of formally dressed older gentleman in a semi profile pose, in watercolours upon ivory, initials F or Eb to right of image, and housed in a plain brass frame with bail, length 7… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique portrait miniature brooch of a child, 19th century, the oval portrait of a blonde curly haired child in delicate watercolours probably on ivory and housed in a simple oval pinchbeck frame with pin clasp, length 5.5 cm, width 4.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two portrait miniatures, each of an eighteenth century lady, bust length, one signed 'Parin' in a mother of pearl inlaid tortoiseshell and ivory frame, the other indistinctly signed in a red velvet frame, length 12 cm, width 10 cm, and smaller | *** |  |
| *** | two antique framed miniatures on ivory, late 18th to early 19th century. a grisaille portrait of a woman attired in the Georgian manner, within a circular ivory mount in a flame mahogany and parquetry embellished frame; and an oval portrait of an woman in… | *** |  |
| *** | A Georgian silhouette of a gentleman and a Baxter print, circa 1810 (silhouette); circa 1848 (Baxter print) A full length portrait silhouette of 'Mr Summers Nephew to lady Wray' with bronze highlights and in the original ebonised frame (description verso)… | *** |  |
| *** | An ivory miniature portrait, early 19th century, the oval portrait of a young dark haired woman in Empire style dress finely painted in watercolour on an ivory support, unsigned and within a moulded frame. Height 12.5 cm. Width 10 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of framed miniature portraits on ivory, 9th century, the first depicts the Duchess de Vendome in elegant court dress, the second Mademoiselle Mars draped in a floral garland, each set behind glass and enclosed within a gilt frame, frame height 9 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A portrait miniature in an Empire style bronze frame, circa 1950, an oval hand painted and signed portrait of a lady in 18th century attire with a plumed hat, housed within an oval bezel and cast rectangular frame with vegetal motifs and a pierced crest… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine portrait miniature, mid 20th century, attributed to Lisa de Montfort, b. 1906, in oil, a delicate and sensitively rendered portrait of Margaret Hamilton, wife of David William Hamilton, and set within a brass frame in a velvet and leather display… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique portrait miniature in a pinchbeck frame, early 20th century, the oval portrait of a woman in watercolours upon ivory, lightly etched monogram, possibly Jchb, to left of image and housed in plain frame, with bail, length 8.5 cm, width 6.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two vintage Continental miniature paintings of bucolic scenes, 20th century, Circular watercolours depicting a watermill scene, signed Grim, and two figures with a donkey signed Lancret, in matching wooden frames, height: 12.5 cm, width 12.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Antique framed miniature portrait in gilded frame, as found, length 8 cm, width 6 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Baxter prints, the Prince & Princess of Prussia, 1858, in the oil colour print process patented by Baxter, and depicting Prince Frederick William of Prussia and the Princess Royal, Princess of Prussia (Queen Victoria's eldest daughter)… | *** |  |
| *** | A German portrait miniature of a young man, early 19th century, an oval profile bust delicately rendered in watercolour upon a cracked ice type muted blue ground, enclosed by a pinchbeck frame, backing paper with label of Wilhelm Muller, Berlin, length 7… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Edwardian portrait miniature of a young lady 1905, a delicate and refined watercolour half portrait of a young woman, marked a. Douglas 1905 to the image, also described as 'Anne L. Douglas, 53 Stanhope gardens, London Sw, No.2 portrait Study'… | *** |  |