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Catalogue >Decorative Arts >  The Gilbert Collection - Portrait Miniatures in Enamel The Gilbert Collection - Portrait Miniatures in Enamel Sarah Coffin and Bodo Hofstetter This area of the Gilbert Collection encompasses an extraordinary quality and scope: from seventeenth-century portrait miniatures by German, French and Swiss enamellers to late nineteenth century examples by Henry Bone and other English artists. 168 pages, 162 colour and 4 mono illustrations, cloth, 275 x 210mm ISBN 0 85667 513 x | Retail Price £27.50  Online price: £19.00 / €28.50 This scholarly book contains comprehensive information on the art of enamels in Europe and England. It also examines the techniques and tools of enamelists and presents an overview of artists, patrons and sitters represented in this fine collection. Sarah Coffin, an independant decorative arts consultant, is a former Vice President of Sotheby's. Bodo Hofstetter is a senior specialist for portrait miniatures, gold boxes and objets de vertu at Christie's London/Paris.