Live Auction 7999Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750-1829)
Lot 106 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WELSH COLLECTION

GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750-1829)

Closed29 November 2011

Price Realised

GBP 3,000

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GEORGE ENGLEHEART (BRITISH, 1750-1829)
Stephen Moore, 1st Earl of Mountcashell (d. c. 1790), in profile to the left, in black coat, white frilled cravat, powdered hair worn en queue
on ivory
oval, 1 in. (26 mm) high, gold frame with split-pearl border and pierced gold surround, the glazed reverse with plaited hair; associated hinged shagreen case (2)

By direct family descent.

Specialist note

Stephen Moore, 1st Earl of Mountcashell, was the son of Stephen Moore, 1st Viscount Mountcashell and his wife Alicia, née Colville. He married, in 1769, Helena Rawdon and had issue (see lots 137 and 138). Mountcashell was a member of Parliament for Lismore between 1761 and 1766 and was Privy Councillor in 1785.