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Lot 106
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
$9,750
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Large gold and ivory mourning pendant Probably England, early 19th century
Of oval form, painted with veiled female mourner standing beside covered urn bearing the initials, "JM," above which hovers a crown whose five points are each topped with a cherub's head, the urn raised on a plinth inscribed, "ALTHO GONE YET/ TO ME NOT LOST/ STILL LET ME/ HIS AFFLICTED CHILD./ REVERE IN DEAR/ REMEBRANCE/ MY HONOUR'D PARENT," stream and church beyond; the reverse with iridescent panel adorned with hairwork bows and cobalt swag inscribed with name, partially obscured, "... Mapletoft?," braided hairwork surround, seemingly unmarked.
2 7/8 in. x 2 1/2 in. (sight)