£650
Early 19th century English School (circa 1805), Portrait Miniature of John Bathhurst Deane (1797-1887), as a young boy wearing a brown coat and frilled white chemise, watercolour on ivory, oval, 7.5cm x 6cm, in gold oval frame (tests as 9ct), the reverse with gold mounted blue glass border surrounding locks of brown hair and gold wire on mother-of-pearl. Note: John Bathhurst Deane was the grandfather of P. G. Wodehouse. Exemption Submission reference: WB6HX4CT. Provenance: Chiswick Auctions 12th December 2017 lot16. Ex. Ron J Mills Collection. Ron Mills was a chocolatier in Bath; over several years he assembled and carefully curated an impressive collection of portrait miniatures and silhouettes - his life's passion.
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