Sold for:
$296
$296
Two Portrait Miniatures of Gentlemen, late 18th/early 19th century, oval portraits, one watercolor on ivory, wearing a powdered wig, blue jacket with a red collar, (paint losses), 1 1/2 x 1 in. , housed in a hinged shagreen case; the other watercolor on paper, depicting a man wearing a blue jacket and a yellow vest, (crease rt. side, possible repaint to background), 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in., in a brass pendant frame. 1. Paint loss to rt. and lower background edges and left side of his face; 2. crease down rt side of background, paint appears thicker on background possibly repainted.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-11-08
