J. W. Bailey was John William Bailey (1831–1914), a British Victorian miniature painter best known for finely detailed enamel portraits of dogs and other animals.

He was not primarily a large-scale animal painter; his specialty was small, highly finished miniature enamels, often of individual dogs.

Like this charming little terrier pin.

Bailey was born in London on 27 April 1831, the son of a tanner, and trained under the enamellist William Essex.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy for almost three decades. 

Metal: setting tests 15ct Pin 9ct

signed W.B.Bailey

Length overall 9cm

Head 2cm

Weight: 5.2grms

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