• A round gilt-framed Peter Bates cameo of the Mona Lisa, hands folded on the chair rail, in white relief on a black ground, with a hanging ring.
  • The camel velvet reverse of a Peter Bates Mona Lisa cameo, with the original foil label reading Mona Lisa in Cameo, from the miniature world of Peter Bates Ltd, Titchfield, Hants.
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Peter Bates 'Mona Lisa' Cameo | Titchfield Miniature

Peter Bates 'Mona Lisa' Cameo | Titchfield Miniature

R 450.00 ZAR
R 450.00 ZAR
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A small English wall cameo of the Mona Lisa, her hands folded on the chair rail, the landscape worked in low relief behind her. The white figure sits on a dark ground inside a gilt-metal frame with a hanging ring, made to hang alone or with the other Peter Bates cameos.

It comes from the Miniature World of Peter Bates Ltd, Titchfield, Hampshire, a late-20th-century workshop that produced a 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 face, veil, folded hands and landscape 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 tiny pale speck to the right of centre.
- The foil label is present and legible: Mona Lisa in Cameo, from the miniature world of Peter Bates Ltd, Titchfield, Hants.

Additional Information

1. Design & Features
- A reduced Mona Lisa in the neoclassical cameo taste, white on black, in a round gilt frame with a small ring for hanging.
- One of the portrait subjects in the Peter Bates 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. A narrower date is not recorded.

4. Uses & Versatility
- Hung singly, or with the boy and girl and the lady 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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