11-05-201111-05-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2567BBoston
November 5, 2011 10:00 AMCalender
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Pair of Portrait Miniatures of Orlando Marshall and His Wife Eliza

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$3,851$3,250
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2567BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 05, 2011 10:00AM

Description:

Pair of Portrait Miniatures of Orlando Marshall and His Wife Eliza, attributed to J. Evans, New England, c. 1826, unsigned, the subjects identified on the reverse, watercolor on card, 4 x 2 3/8 in., in later matching cast gilt-brass easel frames, (toning, small paint loss on Eliza's sleeve),the portraits are accompanied by two coin silver tablespoons, four teaspoons, and a salt spoon, which descended through the family of the sitters, approx. 4.5 troy oz.

Provenance: By family descent to George Albert Lewis, Jr. of Naugatuck, Connecticut, who was prominent in the development of the rubber industry (Marshall-Rossiter-Lewis family names).
Note: See The history of New Ipswich New Hampshire 1735-1914 by Charles Henry Chandler, Sentinel Printing Co. Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1914. Orlando Marshall, was born January 28, 1805 in Dublin, New Hampshire. He married Eliza Cunningham Mansur, (b. October 28, 1807) on September 18, 1826, and resided in New Ipswich, New Hampshire where Orlando was a master mechanic in the village mill. Together they had eight children. Orlando died January 13, 1869, and Eliza died in 1898. Photocopied genealogy accompanies the lot.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Portraits not laid down.

Keywords

Orlando Marshall, Eliza Cunningham Mansur, Portrait Miniatures, New England, George Albert Lewis , Jr., rubber industry, Connecticut, Naugatuck, New Hampshire, Sentinel Printing Co., Charles Henry Chandler, Massachusetts, master mechanic, mechanic, New Ipswich