Box with enamel miniature probably with the portrait of Cathrine Edwin London, around 1720, attributed to Christian Friedrich Zincke Horn, gold mount. Round. In the lid inset portrait miniature of a lady in a white dress and purple stole over her left shoulder. The bottom of the box engraved with the name "Rodney Shannon". Besch. D. 8,3 cm. Christian Friedrich Zincke (1685 - 1767) was an important enamel painter working in London for the English royal family, from whom he received a wealth of commissions and was appointed court painter to the Prince of Wales.

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