Lot 113: HENRY KIRCHHOFFER (ANGLO-IRISH, C. 1781-1860)

HENRY KIRCHHOFFER (ANGLO-IRISH, C. 1781-1860)
Caroline King, Countess of Kingston, née FitzGerald (1754-1823), in profile to the left, in white dress, black shawl, white bandeau in her hair
on ivory
oval, 3 in. (76 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame engraved on the obverse 'Caroline Countess of Kingston. B: 1754. D: 1823.', the glazed reverse centred with gold initials CK surmounted by a diamond and seed-pearl-set coronet, flanked by locks of hair tied with gold wire, in gilt-metal surround, on translucent blue glass on engine-turned ground; fitted hinged red leather case (2)

By direct family descent.

PROPERTY FROM A WELSH PRIVATE COLLECTION
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HENRY KIRCHHOFFER (ANGLO-IRISH, C. 1781-1860)
Caroline King, Countess of Kingston, née FitzGerald (1754-1823), in profile to the left, in white dress, black shawl, white bandeau in her hair
on ivory
oval, 3 in. (76 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame engraved on the obverse 'Caroline Countess of Kingston. B: 1754. D: 1823.', the glazed reverse centred with gold initials CK surmounted by a diamond and seed-pearl-set coronet, flanked by locks of hair tied with gold wire, in gilt-metal surround, on translucent blue glass on engine-turned ground; fitted hinged red leather case (2)