02-18-200702-18-2007
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
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February 18, 2007 11:00 AMCalender
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Portrait Miniature of a Boy and a Girl with a Canary

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Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2349Location: BostonDate / Time: February 18, 2007 11:00AM

Description:

Portrait Miniature of a Boy and a Girl with a Canary, c. 1800, indistinctly signed "READ PXNT" l.r., watercolor on ivory showing the boy wearing a blue jacket and a white shirt with a ruffled collar next to a girl wearing a white dress with a pink ribbon around her waist, holding the bird on a string, in a landscape with trees and water, 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in., in a mitered giltwood frame. Condition: Very good.
Estimate $3,000-5,000