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Lot 215 · Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures

Lady Struth, in brown velvet dress with lace underdress, yellow shawl draped over her left shoulder and right arm, gem-set necklace worn across her chest and pinned to gem-set pendant brooch at corsage, matching gem-set bracelets and drop earrings, silver-embroidered greeny-brown turban adorned with large plume in her curled brown hair; pillar and draped green curtain background

Sir William John Newton

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Estimate
£800–£1,200 hammer ≈ $1,394–$2,091
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures , London · 9 December 2003
Record ID
TB-2026-5967928
Record
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Sir William John Newton, Lady Struth, in brown velvet dress with lace underdress, yellow shawl draped over her left shoulder and right arm, gem-set necklace worn across her chest and pinned to gem-set pendant brooch at corsage, matching gem-set bracelets and drop earrings, silver-embroidered greeny-brown turban adorned with large plume in her curled brown hair; pillar and draped green curtain background. Christie's, 9 Dec 2003, lot 215. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5967928.

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Sir William John Newton, Lady Struth, in brown velvet dress with lace underdress, yellow shawl draped over her left shoulder and right arm, gem-set necklace worn across her chest and pinned to gem-set pendant brooch at corsage, matching gem-set bracelets and drop earrings, silver-embroidered greeny-brown turban adorned with large plume in her curled brown hair; pillar and draped green curtain background. Christie's, 9 Dec 2003, lot 215. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5967928.

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From the same sale Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures · Dec 2003

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By Leo R. Schidlof, Graz, 1964 The Miniature in Europe £500–£700
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