Double Hollow-cut and Watercolor Silhouette

Description:

Double Hollow-cut and Watercolor Silhouette, America, 19th century, the man and woman facing each other in a paper mat with oval cutouts and decorated with two doves and hearts in the upper center, a sailing ship in lower center, in a black frame with stenciled floral decoration, ht. 9, wd. 6 in.

Provenance: Sidney Gecker, 2006.

Note: An inscription on the back of the frame identifies the subjects as Alpheus Rice, born February 25, 1785, and Huldah Call, born January 9, 1785, married April 28, 1805.
Estimate $5,000-8,000

Minor toning, minor damp stains on the mat, there is a tear in the paper to the right of the man.


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