Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2509Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 15, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
Portrait Miniature of a Blond-haired Child with a Kitten, early 19th century, unsigned, watercolor on ivory depicting the blond, blue-eyed child wearing a coral bead necklace, white gown with pink ribbons on the shoulders and waist, holding a black and white kitten, oval 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in., in a lacquered wood frame with brass liner. Condition: Ivory bowed.
Estimate $800-1,200
possibly British.