Sold for:
$7,500
$7,500
Double Hollow-cut and Watercolor Silhouette, America, 19th century, the man and woman facing each other in a paper mat with oval cutouts and decorated with two doves and hearts in the upper center, a sailing ship in lower center, in a black frame with stenciled floral decoration, ht. 9, wd. 6 in. Provenance: Sidney Gecker, 2006. Note: An inscription on the back of the frame identifies the subjects as Alpheus Rice, born February 25, 1785, and Huldah Call, born January 9, 1785, married April 28, 1805.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-05-21
