Sold for:
$237
$237
Hairwork Memorial Picture, America or the Netherlands, early 19th century, oval picture with ink and hairwork on white glass depicting a landscape with a woman grieving beside an urn-topped monument under a weeping willow, the monument inscribed "Ms F. J.W. Lemson Pynacker by Rustin Viedel," a putto holding a scale and a trumpet, a skull and an open book on the ground, and an All-seeing Eye symbol in a wreath, (minor hair losses), dia. 5 1/4 in., in original mahogany frame with gilt-brass liner. Some losses to the hair segment on the upper branches of the willow tree.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-07
