06-06-200406-06-2004
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2242Boston
June 6, 2004 11:00 AMCalender
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Three Early Framed Items

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$646$550
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2242Location: BostonDate / Time: June 06, 2004 11:00AM

Description:

Three Early Framed Items, America, early 19th century, a small silk and watercolor needlework showing a little girl with a sheep, a farmstead and trees in the distance, (fading, tear, paint losses to eglomise),sight size 7 1/8 x 6 3/4 in., in an oval eglomise mat and gilt gesso frame; a watercolor on paper memorial depicting a cherub kneeling on an urn-topped monument with ink lettering "Sacred to the Memory/Mr. A. Bonney/ obt. Sep. 24th 1819/AE 26Yrs., (toning, minor creases),7 1/2 x 8 1/2 in., in a molded giltwood frame; and a reverse painted picture on glass of a basket of flowers on a checked tablecloth, gilt border, (few small areas of paint loss),8 x 9 7/8 in., in a molded wood frame.
Estimate $400-600