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Lot 88
Sale 5248 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Nov 15, 2017
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$2,500 -
3,500
Price Realized
$1,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Two gold, hairwork and ivory mourning pins/pendants England or America, one dated 1794
The first, of oval form, painted with female figure seated beside covered urn raised on plinth inscribed, "REVD T.W/ OBT 18TH FEBY/ 1794/ AET 24," with hairwork surround, the reverse set with hair and fitted with pin and loop attachment; the second, of marquise form, with woman seated beside urn raised on plinth inscribed, "REST/ IN/ PEACE," the reverse set with hair, fitted with pin and loop attachment threaded by black grosgrain ribbon, both seemingly unmarked.
L: 2 5/8 in. (largest, overall)