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British School, 18th century
Ivory patch box with inset miniature of Princess Augusta (1768-1840) c.1797
Ivory, gold, mirror glass, velvet; miniature: watercolour on ivory | 1.5 x 5.7 x 11.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 4752
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Navette-shaped ivory patch box with gold rims, the interior of the hinged lid fitted with a mirror; the box lined in red velvet. The lid with inset ivory miniature of Princess Augusta (1768-1840): bust-length; head turned half to the left; wearing white dress with a high collar, double orange coral necklace with blue enamelled anchor pendant; brown hair tied with a ribbon; brown eyes; brown background.
A copy of Princess Augusta's head in Beechey's three-quarter length seated portrait of her, painted for the Prince of Wales, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1797 (RCIN 403416).Provenance
Duke of Cambridge Collection, shown at the Guelph Exhibition. Sold at Christie's, 10 June 1904 (lot 417); bought by Queen Alexandra
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Medium and techniques
Ivory, gold, mirror glass, velvet; miniature: watercolour on ivory
Measurements
1.5 x 5.7 x 11.0 cm (whole object)
6.1 x 5.0 cm (sight)
