AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE NECKLACE
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE NECKLACE

Closed3 July 2012

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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE NECKLACE
Composed of eight oval portrait miniature panels, probably painted on ivory, each depicting famous historical figures including: Admiral Lord Nelson, Lord Arthur Wellesley- first Duke of Wellington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lord Byron and William Shakespeare, suspended from a two tier fine chain-link necklace to an oval foliate engraved clasp, Circa 1830, 42 cm long (3)

By repute, from a direct descendant of Josiah Nisbet, Admiral Lord Nelson's step-son