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Lot 100
Sale 5248 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Nov 15, 2017
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,500 -
2,500
Price Realized
$2,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Large gold and ivory mourning pendant England or America, late 18th/early 19th century
Of oval form, painted with female spirit escaping from raised obelisk on architectural support, heightened by seed pearls, flanking oval plaque inscribed, "REST/ IN/ PEACE," startled female mourner sits beside, all within a verdant landscape, the reverse set with hair and seed pearl monogram, "MU," and fitted with loop and ring attachment, seemingly unmarked.
L: 3 5/8 in. (overall)