Four Signed Antique Continental Portrait Miniatures

circa 1900, watercolor on , the first portrait of a elegantly dressed woman in a blue dress, signed "GEC" to lower left, behind glass in a 24K gold plated cloisonné frame (3 3/8 x 2 5/8 in.); the second portrait of a lady in white bonnet with red ribbon, singed "Cosway" to right, after Richard Cosway (English 1742-1821), behind glass in an clad frame (5 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.); the third portrait of a lady in a white sheer head scarf, signed "Pitt" lower left, behind glass in an clad frame (5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.); the fourth of a gentleman, signed René to lower left, behind glass in an clad frame (5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.).
From the Estate of the late Benjamin W. Baker Sr., Raleigh, NC
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Some wear and loss to ivory veneered frames; Cosway frame with vertical separation; some wear and loss to color enamel areas on cloisonné frame.