Charles Shirreff
A Young Lady, In Short-Sleeved Lace-Bordered White Dress, Jewelled And Drop-Pearl Pendant Fastened To Her Left Sleeve, Long Curling Brown Hair
Found at
Christies,
London
Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 140
5. Jun - 5. Jun 2007
Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 140
5. Jun - 5. Jun 2007
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.800 GBP
Price realised: 4.800 GBP
Description
CHARLES SHIRREFF (BRITISH, B. C. 1750)
A young lady, in short-sleeved lace-bordered white dress, jewelled and drop-pearl pendant fastened to her left sleeve, long curling brown hair
oval, 2 11/16 in. (67 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the reverse with central blue glass panel with seed-pearl initials (deficient) with seed-pearl surround on opalescent glass with bows of hair, gold wire and green foil leaves within gilt-metal border and blue glass outer surround
A young lady, in short-sleeved lace-bordered white dress, jewelled and drop-pearl pendant fastened to her left sleeve, long curling brown hair
oval, 2 11/16 in. (67 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the reverse with central blue glass panel with seed-pearl initials (deficient) with seed-pearl surround on opalescent glass with bows of hair, gold wire and green foil leaves within gilt-metal border and blue glass outer surround
Auction result well in line with expectations
In June 2007 Christies in London held the auction Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, which included the work A Young Lady, In Short-Sleeved Lace-Bordered White Dress, Jewelled And Drop-Pearl Pendant Fastened To Her Left Sleeve, Long Curling Brown Hair by Charles Shirreff. The price achieved of GBP 4,800.00 (€ 7,122.96) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 4,000.00 – 6,000.00. Other works by Charles Shirreff have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in December 2002 the work A young lady called Miss Caroline [..., facing right in lace-bordered white dress with blue detail at right shoulder, white stole draped around her neck, tied blue ribbon in her long powdered curling hair|AID902686] was auctioned for GBP 5,019.00 (€ 7,704.42).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Juni 2007 führte Christies in London die Auktion Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes durch, in der auch die Arbeit A Young Lady, In Short-Sleeved Lace-Bordered White Dress, Jewelled And Drop-Pearl Pendant Fastened To Her Left Sleeve, Long Curling Brown Hair von Charles Shirreff zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 4.800,00 (€ 7.122,96) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 4.000,00 – 6.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Charles Shirreff konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Dezember 2002 die Arbeit A young lady called Miss Caroline [..., facing right in lace-bordered white dress with blue detail at right shoulder, white stole draped around her neck, tied blue ribbon in her long powdered curling hair|AID902686] für GBP 5.019,00 (€ 7.704,42) versteigert.
Charles Shirreff - Auction history
![Charles Sherriff - A young lady called Miss Caroline [...], facing right in lace-bordered white dress with blue detail at right shoulder, white stole draped around her neck, tied blue ribbon in her long powdered curling hair](/images/charles-sherriff_a-young-lady-called-miss-caroline-facing-right-in-lace-bordered-white-dress-with-blue-detail-at-right-shoulder-white-stole-draped-around-her-neck-tied-blue-ribbon-in-her-long-powdered-curling-hair_AID902686_320x320.jpg)
Other artists in this auction
