Sold for:
$593
$593
Two Portrait Miniatures of Gentlemen, America, c. 1830, watercolor on ivory oval bust-length portraits, one depicting a brown curly-haired gentleman wearing a white shirt and stock and dark blue jacket against a green-blue ground, (paint slightly muddled on lower edge), 2 3/8 x 2 in., housed in a brass frame with oval aperture on the reverse with a plait of hair; the other depicting a gentleman holding a book, (crack on right side, window on reverse cracked), 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in., housed in a brass pendant and hinged locket with empty oval window on the reverse.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-07
