Lot 207 · Important Portrait Miniatures, Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu
An officer of the Yeomanry Cavalry, facing right in scarlet coat with silver lacing, silver embroidered black collar and silver epaulette, white cross sash with oval plate and white belt, lace cravat and black stock, powdered hair en queue , hilt of his sword by his side
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,840–$4,260
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES, GOLD BOXES & OBJECTS OF VERTU, London · 21 November 2000
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6331029
- Record
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Samuel Shelley, An officer of the Yeomanry Cavalry, facing right in scarlet coat with silver lacing, silver embroidered black collar and silver epaulette, white cross sash with oval plate and white belt, lace cravat and black stock, powdered hair en queue , hilt of his sword by his side. Christie's, 21 Nov 2000, lot 207. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6331029.
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Samuel Shelley, An officer of the Yeomanry Cavalry, facing right in scarlet coat with silver lacing, silver embroidered black collar and silver epaulette, white cross sash with oval plate and white belt, lace cravat and black stock, powdered hair en queue , hilt of his sword by his side. Christie's, 21 Nov 2000, lot 207. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6331029.
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From the same sale Important Portrait Miniatures, Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu · Nov 2000
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