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Lot 60
Sale 5248 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Nov 15, 2017
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$750
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Gold and ivory mourning pendant Probably England, dated 1776
Of oval form, painted with female mourner holding handkerchief initialed, "MPA," and leaning on plinth topped with skull and crossbones and hung with shields bearing the initials, "IA" "PA" and "IA," respectively, above inscription, "DIS/ MANIEVS," further inscribed along top edge, "THE REVD IAMES ALLETT OB JULY 15 1776 AET 58," seemingly unmarked.
L: 1 3/4 in. (overall)