ADAM'S Country House Collections Day II - 14th October 2025

44 503 A COLLECTION OF SIX 18TH & 19TH CENTURY MINIATURE PORTRAITS, comprising: - a wigged gentleman in a blue coat and white cravat, oval 48 x 38mm, in a locket frame - a wigged gentleman in a blue coat and white cravat, oval 44 x 35mm, in an ebon frame - a lady in a green dress with lace collar, bead necklace and headband, signed indistinctly, oval 45 x 36mm, in a locket frame - a lady in a pink dress with blue trim and shawl, and blue hat with pink bows, oval 33 x 28mm, attached to metal mesh bracelet - a portrait of William Harvey (1578– 1657), renowned Elizabethan cardiac physician, oval 38 x 45mm, inscribed verso ‘Wm Harvey MD’, probably a copy after Wilhelm von Bemmel - a portrait of a lady with her pet dog holding a flute under her arm, oval 89 x 72mm, in an oval locket frame € 800 - 1,000 504 A CONTINENTAL TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, 17TH CENTURY, the bearded gentleman finely painted in a black doublet with a white ruff collar, with Christie’s label to the underside. The box 6.4cm diameter Provenance: Christie’s: ‘English and Continen- tal Silver, Objects of Vertu and Fine Minia- tures’, 8th July 1987, Lot 266 € 2,000 - 3,000 505 ADAM BUCK (1759 - 1833) Miniature portrait of a young man in a red jacket Watercolour, 11.7 x 10cm Signed € 1,000 - 1,500 506 CHARLES HAYTER (1761 - 1835) A miniature portrait of a regency gentleman in a brown coat, Circa 1790 Watercolour and gouache on ivory, oval, 7.5 x 6.2cm Encased in a gilt toned frame, 8.3 x 7cm € 800 - 1,200 507 IN THE MANNER OF RICHARD COSWAY A miniature portrait of a lady with a ruf- fled collar and white bonnet Watercolour and gouache on ivory, oval, 8 x 6.2cm Encased in gilt metal frame, 8.5 x 6.9cm € 500 - 800 508 BRITISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY Miniature portrait of an Admiral of the British Navy, possibly William Heath (died 1815) Watercolour and gouache on ivory, oval, 5.8 x 4.6cm Encased in a gilt metal case, 6.6 x 5.6cm € 400 - 600 505 507 508