Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art and Decorative Arts

Online-Only Auction, 9 - 16 September 2019

Glass, Jewellery, European furniture, Ceramics and Silver

Sold for

ZAR 7 035
Lot 17
  • Georgian mourning enamel and diamond miniature


Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 7 035

About this Item

Georgian mourning enamel and diamond miniature

oval, painted on ivory depicting a figure of a gentleman wearing a red coat and holding a hankerchief in his left hand, before a column surmounted by an urn and engraved with the initials ADF, the rim inscribed 'Alas She's gone, Ah never to return, And left me here to mourn beside her Urn', within a blue and white enamel border enhanced with twelve old-cut diamonds, with suspension loop, lacking glass, 60mm long; cased

This lot is not suitable for export



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