£90
An English ivory bas relief mourning portrait miniature of the Rev'd. Henry Anthony Pye, MA, c1840, head and shoulders in profile laid on black glass, oval, 72 x 60mm, brass mount and contemporary silk lined maroon morocco case of I & T Turner Jewellers &c to The Queen & Royal Family 58 & 59 New Bond St London, a silver and mother of pearl mounted hand lens provenanced to the same and two parchment documents relating to the Rev William Pye, MA, granting him the Rectory of Shalton in addition to that of Sapperton, Gloucestershire, signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, damaged wax seal attached, heavily creased, in contemporary tin
The Reverend Henry Anthony Pye, MA (1776-1839) Canon of Worcester and Rector of Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Maroon morocco case of miniature - lid detached and re-secured by adhesive tape. Hand lens in good condition. Note both sides of glass concave. Documents with a number of creases, seal powdery and incomplete. Tin box in good condition
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