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Miniature Painting
Devonshire Antiques
for sale €1,112     $1,207
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Miniature Painting

19th century
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A large Victorian miniature painting of a young women with flowers and a blue ribbon to her hair . She is wearing a red and white off the shoulder garment held by her hand across her breast . Hand painted on porcelain, mounted in a gold frame with a safety chain and pin to the back so as to be worn as a brooch. Stamped 73 on the back .

8 1/2 cm length

7 cm width

£950

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Devonshire Antiques has dated this Antique Miniature Portrait Brooch to the Victorian era.

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A large Victorian miniature painting of a young women with flowers and a blue ribbon to her hair . She is wearing a red and white off the shoulder garment held by her hand across her breast .
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Hand painted on porcelain, mounted in a gold frame with a safety chain and pin to the back so as to be worn as a brooch.
Devonshire Antiques

Stamped 73 on the back .

8 1/2 cm length

7 cm width

£950

Contact 07970119030

Date of Manufacture

Devonshire Antiques has dated this Antique Miniature Portrait Brooch to the Victorian era.

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Devonshire Antiques
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An oval antique gold-framed miniature portrait painting of a woman in classical draped attire, featuring an attached safety chain and pin.
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Archive I An oval antique gold-framed miniature portrait painting of a woman in classical draped attire, featuring an attached safety chain and pin.

Miniature Painting

Archive II An oval antique gold-framed miniature portrait painting of a woman in classical draped attire, featuring an attached safety chain and pin. View II
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Devonshire Antiques
Telephone 07970 119030 or 01822 612475
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19 Market St
Tavistock
Devon
United Kingdom

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Devonshire Antiques
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An oval antique gold-framed miniature portrait painting of a woman in classical draped attire, featuring an attached safety chain and pin.
Miniature painting
Ref: SA993396
An oval antique gold-framed miniature portrait painting of a woman in classical draped attire, featuring an attached safety chain and pin.
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A portrait miniature is a small, detailed painting, typically executed in watercolour on ivory, vellum, or paper, depicting a person. These pieces were popular from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries and were frequently set into jewellery, lockets, or small frames as personal mementos.

Portrait miniatures were primarily painted using fine watercolours applied to thin sheets of ivory, vellum, or card, though enamel on metal was also used. Frame mountings were usually crafted from gold, pinchbeck, silver, or brass, often fitted with protective glass covers.

Authentic miniatures show fine, hand-painted brushstrokes under magnification rather than the dot matrix pattern characteristic of modern reproductions. The presence of period-appropriate metal settings, closed-back construction, and original hand-cut glass covers also indicates authenticity.

Brooches of this type can be worn on suit lapels, scarves, or velvet ribbons around the neck as a focal statement. Alternatively, collectors display them mounted inside shadow boxes or on velvet presentation stands within display cabinets.

Keep portrait miniatures away from direct sunlight, extreme humidity, and rapid temperature changes, which can cause cracking or fading. Clean the metal setting gently using a dry, soft cloth, avoiding liquid cleaners that could seep into the casing and ruin the artwork.
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