An enamel pendant / portrait miniature, by Carlo Giuliano, circa 1880 The oval openwork lid and bale decorated with blue and white enamel, opening to reveal a portrait miniature watercolour of Sir William Lawrence, within a black and white enamel frame of scroll design, with a glazed hairwork compartment to the reverse, signed C.G., length 6.3cm, fitted case by C. Giuliano, 115 Piccadilly, London Provenance: Formerly the property of the family of Sir William Lawrence and thence by descent. Sir William Lawrence (1783-1867) 1st Baronet FRCS FRS, was an English surgeon, Fellow of the Royal Society, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of London and Serjeant-Surgeon to Queen Victoria herself. A revolutionary thinker for his time, his publications caused considerable controversy in his early career. An early proponent of natural selection, he was quoted widely by Charles Darwin in his later publications. Widely recognised as being a brilliant scholar, his particular expertise was in ophthalmology. Queen Victoria and Augustus Pugin were amongst his patients. After an illustrious career as one of the foremost surgeons in England, he was rewarded by the Queen with a baronetcy shortly before his death. Please note this lot may be subjected to CITIES legislation. Sir William Lawrence (1783-1867) Sir William Lawrence (1783-1867)