25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Philip Jean (Jèrrais 1755-1802)
Portrait of a gentleman, wearing a blue coat and white cravat, graduated background
miniature in a yellow metal brooch case (surface tested as 14ct gold)
framed 4 x 3.3 cm
Please note Dawsons have applied for a de minimis exemption license for the ivory in this lot: Ivory certification reference EGGC1H51
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Bonhams, Fine Portrait Miniatures, 22 April 1998, lot 83.
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 £180
Condition Report
In good colour. Some abrasion to framing edges. Some scattered spots of dirt. Spots of mould, mainly to blue jacket.The marks in hair and collar are on the glass. Under glass and unexamined out of frame.
Philip Jean (Jèrrais 1755-1802)
Portrait of a gentleman, wearing a blue coat and white cravat, graduated background
miniature in a yellow metal brooch case (surface tested as 14ct gold)
framed 4 x 3.3 cm
Please note Dawsons have applied for a de minimis exemption license for the ivory in this lot: Ivory certification reference EGGC1H51
ProvenanceProvenance:
Anon. sale, Bonhams, Fine Portrait Miniatures, 22 April 1998, lot 83.
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.
