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Lot 93
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
$4,250
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Gold, ivory, and hairwork mourning pin Possibly America, dated 1801
Of circular form, painted with female mourner seated beside covered urn on plinth inscribed, "E.C. OB 26/ NOV 1801/ AE 27," the reverse with hairwork fleur-de-lis embellished with seed pearls and gold wire, set against a mother-of-peal ground, fitted with pin, seemingly unmarked.
Diam: 2 1/4 in. (overall)