Wax Portrait of Alexandre Waugh

A very attractive and extremely decorative Italian 18th Century collection of wax reliefs. The seals are framed within a period ebonized fruitwood mottled rectangular frame. The extensive collection of various sized busts of philosophers...

Antique print titled ‘Alexandre Vitelleschi', XIe Siecle.’ Original antique print of Alexandre Vitelleschi, imperial knight and count palatine, 11th century. This print originates fr...

The beautiful enamel plaque was crafted in Limoges, a town in northern France. Limoges has long been associated with the production of high quality enamel wares. While to begin with, in the 12th Century, the town was famous for its applied enamel pieces, religious icons, for example, which were crafted in metal with champlevé enamel ornament, Limoges later, in the 15th century, began to paint onto enamel, creating plaques, plates and ewers, which were both religious and secular in character. These local techniques were revived in the mid-19th century, when items like this enamel portrait painting were produced. This enamel portrait is a half-length depiction of a young woman. While her body is faced slightly to the side, she turns her head to look out directly at the viewer. The woman wears a fine, light pink gown...

The collection is contained in a guilloche frame with a wavy edge. Inside there is a panel covered in velvet on which five sealing wax stamps are applied. The seals, clockwise from t...