Three Silhouette Portraits

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Three Silhouette Portraits, America, early 19th century, hollow cut bust-length portraits backed with black fabric housed in period molded giltwood frames, including a portrait of a gentleman by T.P. Jones, with embossed signature "T.P. Jones Fecit" 4 1/4x 3 1/4 in., in a ; one of a woman, by Charles Willson Peale, with embossed eagle and "Peales Museum" mark, 5 x 4 in.; the last portraying a young gentleman, with an indistinct embossed maker's mark, the backing paper with a paper label indicating it was once in the collection Elizabeth L. Maurier, 4 3/4 x 4 in.
Estimate $300-350

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