HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855)
Lot 439

HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855)

Fermé3 June 2015

Prix réalisé

GBP 4,375

Plus d'informations

Comment vendre

HENRY PIERCE BONE (BRITISH, 1779-1855)
Mary II (1662-1694), Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-1694 wearing an orange garment and blue cloak trimmed with ermine
Signed, dated and inscribed in full on the counter-enamel 'Mary 2.d / London Octr 1844 / Painted by Henry Pierce / Bone Enamel Painter to / her Majesty & H.R.H. Prince / Albert . From a Picture / in the Collection of Earl / Spencer Althorp.'
Enamel on copper
Oval, 107 mm. high, rectangular mount within giltwood frame

Cheffins, Cambridge, 30 November 2006, lot 941.
With China Charm Antiques by 20 December 2006.

Note du spécialiste

The sitter was the daughter of King James II of England and Ireland and VII of Scotland (see next lot) and his first wife, Anne Hyde. She married, in 1677, her cousin William III and they reigned as King and Queen of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1689 until her death in 1694 when William became sole ruler.