11-02-201911-02-2019
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 2, 2019 10:00 AMCalender
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American School, Early 19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Red-haired Boy

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$738$600
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3307MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 02, 2019 10:00AM

Description:

American School, Early 19th Century

Portrait Miniature of a Red-haired Boy
Unsigned.
Watercolor on ivory, 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in., within an eglomise mat with an oval aperture, the reverse painted with a figural memorial scene of urn atop a pedestal reading "Sacred to Shakespeare," within an eglomise and gilt border, dia. 1 3/4, all housed in a brass frame, overall dia. 2 1/2 in.
Condition: Some repaint to eglomise on front, crack to memorial scene on reverse.
Estimate $1,200-2,500


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