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Lot 95
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
$1,900
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Two gold and ivory mourning pins/pendants England or America, late 18th/early 19th century
The first, of circular form, painted with woman weeping beside urn initialed, "IB," on plinth dated, "1755-1791," the reverse set with hair, loop attachment; the second, of oval form, depicting shrouded woman lamenting beside covered urn supported by plinth inscribed, "Deep is the/ Sorrow/ genuine e/y Tear," the reverse set with hair, fitted with pin, loop attachment, both seemingly unmarked.
L: 2 3/8 in. (largest, overall)