Sold for:
$326
$326
Two Portrait Miniatures of Ladies, Continental, both oval format on ivory: one depicting a brunette in a white dress and fur stole, signed "Bennet," in a brass-inlaid and tortoiseshell and ivory veneered frame, Comtesse Seheny identified as the sitter in pen on the reverse, portrait ht. 3 1/4; the other with a woman in 17th dress holding a Bible with a church in the background, signed "F. Stieler," in veneered ivory frame, portrait ht. 3 1/8 in. Both portraits in good condition. Not examined out of frames. Cracks to tortoiseshell and ivory frames, popping to brass inlay.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-07-14
