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Book Your AppointmentA charming and finely painted miniature of a young lady who is believed to be Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She is wearing a black hat with ostrich feathers. Her hair is in ringlets in keeping with the fashions of the time. She is wearing a black and white pearlNatural pearls are an organic gem formed inside live mollusc shells and come in all shapes and sizes. They are formed as the result of a natural irritant within the mollusc's mantle and as a defence, layers of iridescent nacre form over the top of it, creating a pearl. necklace and a black dress with a pretty lace collar over a white fichou. On the reverse there is a lock of near auberne hair with gold wire detail. The large frame is 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold, set with graded naturalA natural stone is called such because it has not been subjected to any treatments. pearls. It has a baleA component of certain types of jewellery, mostly necklaces, that is used to attach a pendant or stone to a chain. that has also been set with three natural pearls. The miniature was painted circa 1820. In our opinion the frame is later, circa 1860.
This is such a great little work of art
Unmarked, tested to 18ct gold
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