^Lot 26 Group of Four Continental and French Framed Miniatures, including Two Portrait Miniatures on Ivory a

Group of four European framed miniatures, comprising: (1) a French School portrait miniature of a young lady in Rococo dress weaving a garland of roses, watercolour on ivory wafer, mounted behind convex glass in an oval brass bezel within a rectangular ivory-veneered frame with ink-drawn foliate decoration, the reverse with printed French text and collector’s label inscribed “Mme de Pompadour?”; (2) a circular hand-painted miniature after Raphael’s Madonna della Seggiola, probably early 20th century, on a thin translucent support, mounted behind glass in a gilt metal bezel on a square red velvet strut frame, inscribed in Italian to the reverse; (3) a Continental hand-painted genre miniature under convex glass depicting an 18th-century gallant bowing to a lady on a stair, signed “René” lower right, housed in a faux-ivory and tortoiseshell-effect frame with gilt inner slip; and (4) a French School portrait miniature of a lady of the court in late 18th-century dress, watercolour on ivory wafer, mounted in an ebonised wood frame with gilt slip. French and Continental, 19th to early 20th century. Condition varies, with age-related wear, minor rubbing, cracks and shrinkage to parts of the ivory veneer, light surface marks, and frame wear throughout. Export or shipment of lots containing ivory may be subject to applicable regulations.