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Lot 91
Sale 5248 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Nov 15, 2017
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
2,000
Price Realized
$1,700
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Gold, ivory and hairwork mourning pendant England or America, dated 1796
Of oval form, painted with kneeling woman looking up at winged angel emerging from obelisk monument inscribed, "MARY BOMFORD/ DIED 25 JANY 1796/ AGED 6 MONTHS," the reverse set with hair modeled as sheaf of wheat and embellished with seed pearls and the initials, "MDB," against opalescent ground, with loop attachment, seemingly unmarked.
L: 2 3/4 in.