• A round gilt-framed Peter Bates cameo of a boy and girl seated together, the girl holding a posy, in white relief on a black ground, with a hanging ring.
  • The camel velvet reverse of a Peter Bates boy and girl cameo, with the original foil label reading Boy & Girl in Cameo, from the miniature world of Peter Bates Ltd, Titchfield, Hants.
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Peter Bates 'Boy & Girl' Cameo | Titchfield Miniature

Peter Bates 'Boy & Girl' Cameo | Titchfield Miniature

R 395.00 ZAR
R 395.00 ZAR
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A small English wall cameo of a boy and girl, seated together in classical dress, the girl holding a posy. The white relief sits on a dark ground inside a gilt-metal frame with a hanging ring, the sort of miniature made to be grouped rather than hung alone.

It comes from the Miniature World of Peter Bates Ltd, Titchfield, Hampshire, a late-20th-century workshop that produced a whole series of these framed reliefs.

Dimensions

- Diameter: 7.6 cm
- Height including ring: 9.4 cm
- Depth: 1.6 cm

Condition

- Very good. The relief is crisp, with the drapery, faces and posy still clearly modelled, and the gilt frame and hanging ring are intact.
- The domed cover is intact.
- The reverse is covered in the original camel velvet, with a little honest shading and a tiny dark speck near the ring.
- The foil label is present and legible: Boy & Girl in Cameo, from the miniature world of Peter Bates Ltd, Titchfield, Hants.

Additional Information

1. Design & Features
- A seated couple in the neoclassical taste, white on black, in a round gilt frame with a small ring for hanging.
- One of the narrative subjects in the Peter Bates cameo series.

2. Craftsmanship
- Factory-made miniature, England.
- Moulded relief under a domed cover, gilt-metal frame, velvet reverse with the original foil label.

3. About the Maker
- Peter Bates Ltd worked in Titchfield, Hampshire, under the name The Miniature World of Peter Bates.
- The firm’s small hanging pictures, cameos and silhouettes, date broadly to the later 20th century, about 1970 to 1999.

4. Uses & Versatility
- Hung singly, or with the lady and the Mona Lisa from the same workshop.
- Light enough for a picture rail, a narrow wall, or a grouping above a console.

5. Care
- Dust the frame with a soft cloth. Do not immerse.
- Avoid abrasive cleaners on the gilt rim and the dome.

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