Mayor of Plymouth in 1620

Auction house to sell rare miniature of Thomas Fones, Mayor of Plymouth in 1620

Cheffins in Cambridge is due to sell a rare miniature portrait dating back to 1612 of Thomas Fones, Mayor of Plymouth in 1620, the year the Mayflower sailed. The sale will take place on the 28th and 29th November.

Painted by Isaac Oliver, one of the leading artists of the period, miniatures of this quality are a rarity on the auction market.

The work is being sold by the...