Sold for £150
Estimated at £200 - £300
William Tassie (1777-1860) white glass relief portrait profile cameo of Napoleon as 1st Consul c1800, Framed in a French gilt and gesso frame with ribbon and swag decoration. Red and blue velvet mounts with an oval ormolu apperture beneath convex glass. Oval, 5.6cm high (Cameo) 21cm high (Frame)
Condition Report - The intaglio is seemingly unsigned. Very well mounted, hence unexamined out of the frame. Appears to be a roughness to the edge and an imperfection towards the top of the white glass intaglio at around 12 o'clock. Frame in very good order. Nice velvet borders. Sealed with pink silk moire back.
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