$474
American School 19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, c. 1820, 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in., housed in an oval gilt-brass frame, the reverse containing a plait of brown hair decorated with tiny glass beads in a floral design centered with the initial "D." Condition: Thin smear l.r., several glass beads loose on reverse. Fairly unobtrusive smear about 3/4 x 1/16 in. near edge at l.r.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-08-12