$889
Painted Ivory Mourning Pendant, c. 1800, oval gilt-brass pendant with sepia on ivory painted scene with a young man and woman, and a boy and a girl mourning beside an urn-topped monument inscribed "ST Ob.t 7 Aug 1797 AE 1 Mo.h 21 Days" and "SA Ob.t 19th Sept. 1797 AE 72 yr.," the back of the pendant inscribed "S. Thorne," (some pigment loss u.r.), 2 1/8 x 1 5/8 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-11-08