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Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003eBibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel ‘beautiful’, meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c0\" style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThe word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003eFine antique set of three Georgian silhouettes of Miss Martha Caroline Goldsworthy (1740-1816), and Miss Jane Gomm (1753-1822) who lived with each other in London and were governesses to the daughters of King George III - two portraits are of them in their youth and the other is of Jane in old age. When Goldsworthy died she left the Manor of Rotherhithe to Jane and when she died left the estate to her niece Lady Sophia Gomm wife of Field Marshall Sir William Gomm, she was the great granddaughter of William Penn of Pennsylvania, housed in their original frames. Provenance - direct from the Carr-Gomm family.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003eJane was born in St Petersburg, one of six children and moved to England in 1783. She served s both Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Charlotte and governess to the three youngest daughters Princess Mary, Sophia, and Amelia from 1786 to 1816 earning £200 annually. She was present at Kew during King George's early mental health crisis. She was dearly loved by both the queen and the princesses. She accompanied Princess Amelia to Weymouth in 1801 for health reasons and was later held partly responsible for letting Amelia's romance with Colonel FitzRoy continue. 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