Lot 161: Sophie Lienard (French fl.1842-1860) - Pair of oval miniatures on porcelain - Napoleon III and Empre

Sophie Lienard (French fl.1842-1860) - Pair of oval miniatures on porcelain - Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie, he wearing a black coat with gold embroidered oak leaf collar and gold epaulettes, badge and breast star of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour, the Military Medal of Napoleon III, 1859 Italian Campaign medal etc, she wearing a lilac dress and with flowers in her hair, each signed, the first inscribed to verso 'Le Rosey XI Rue de E la Paix Paris', 13.5cm x 10.5cm, each in a brass ribbon topped easel frame and housed in a Hancocks leather case Provenance - Ex collection of Joseph Stone Hodges, a well known Bristol businessman who donated a large collection of ceramics to the City's Museum

Condition: **General condition consistent with age