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Lot 61
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
$3,750
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Gold and ivory mourning pin Probably America, possibly Boston, MA, dated 1794
Of marquise form and painted en grisaille, depicting male mourner weeping beside obelisk raised on plinth, the obelisk inscribed, "FI-/ LIAL/ PI-/ ETY," the plinth inscribed, "S.M. / SH. BARKER/ Obi/ July 1794," weeping willow tree above surmounted by inscription, "WEEP NOT FOR ME, BUT FOR YOURSELF," the reverse fitted with pin, seemingly unmarked.
2 1/8 in. x 1 1/2 in. (overall)