Description
depicting of his daughter HESTER GATTY as a child aged two walking on a woodland path within silver tied reeded border and wood frame. Plaque inscribed in gilt "ALL BY MINE SELF"/ HESTER AETAT 2, the reverse of the enamel signed with initials SG and inscribed HESTER, 1908, "ALL BY MINE SELF"
Dimensions
16cm x 6.5cm
Footnote
Provenance: Estate of the late George Sassoon, Lochbuie, Isle of Mull
Note: Hester Gatty (b. 1901) married Siegried Sassoon in 1933. Although they separated after the birth of their son George they never divorced. Hester died in 1973, having previously returned to her family home at Lochbuie on the Isle of Mull.