Lot 12: John Butterworth (British, before 1761-c.1820)

A silhouette of a Lady, profile to the right, wearing dress, fichu and bandeau in her looped hair
painted on reverse of flat glass backed with silk, turned pearwood frame
Oval, 84mm. (3 1/4ins.) high

Butterworth's work on glass is rare and is similar to that of William John Joliffe, particularly in the use of a painted border with an inner border of dots, as in the present lot. For a similar work by Butterworth, see The M. A. H. Christie Collection, Christie's, 8 March 1995, lot 111.