Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2585BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 04, 2012 11:00AM
Description:
American School, 19th Century
Portrait Miniature of a Young Woman. Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, depicting the brown-haired woman with side curls wearing a black dress with a white lace collar and a gold necklace, with a shaded cloud-like background, 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in., in a red leather-covered hinged case. Condition: 1/2-in. crack u.c.
Estimate $150-250
No inscriptions to back, because of irregular background paint application it is possible there is paint loss to original painted background.