25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Gervase Jarvis Spencer (British c.1715-1763)
Portrait of a lady, wearing a blue and white Roman style dress and pearls, and another portrait of a lady, wearing a pink and lace dress and pearls
both with initials and dated 'G.S. 1759'
miniatures, set in a tortoiseshell and yellow metal oval frame
3.5 x 3.1 cm each, framed 7.5 x 10 cm
Please note Dawsons have applied for a de minimis exemption license for the ivory in this lot: Ivory certification reference 1B72QGWL
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's, 21 April 1998, lot 76.
Purchased from the above by Alina Cooper.
Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of the Late Alina Cooper
Alina Cooper was a passionate collector of portrait miniatures and frequent bidder in the London salerooms during the 1980s and 90s. Her collection includes fine works by John Bogle, George Engleheart, Philip Jean, Gervase Jarvis Spencer and Christian Friedrich Zincke.
Sold for £450
Condition Report
Blue dress: spots of dirt throughout and some mould, most noticeably to the blue. Darker spots of possible paint also visible to lips and lace. Small scratch visible to background, centre right.
Pink dress: discoloured old restoration visible to face, neck and lace. Some minor spots of mould. Some spots of surface dirt.
Frame shows signs of wear and rubbing to tortoishell, but otherwise stable.
Under glass an unexamined out of frame.
Gervase Jarvis Spencer (British c.1715-1763)
Portrait of a lady, wearing a blue and white Roman style dress and pearls, and another portrait of a lady, wearing a pink and lace dress and pearls
both with initials and dated 'G.S. 1759'
miniatures, set in a tortoiseshell and yellow metal oval frame
3.5 x 3.1 cm each, framed 7.5 x 10 cm
Please note Dawsons have applied for a de minimis exemption license for the ivory in this lot: Ivory certification reference 1B72QGWL
ProvenanceProvenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's, 21 April 1998, lot 76.
Purchased from the above by Alina Cooper.
Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of the Late Alina Cooper
Alina Cooper was a passionate collector of portrait miniatures and frequent bidder in the London salerooms during the 1980s and 90s. Her collection includes fine works by John Bogle, George Engleheart, Philip Jean, Gervase Jarvis Spencer and Christian Friedrich Zincke.
