Two (2) eglomise portraits, likely Chinese Export, circa 1810, depicting figures attired in fashionable 19th-century dress. Painted on glass and housed in wooden frames with dark stain and silver fillet. 1st item: Half-length portrait of a woman in a white jacket with fur-lined collar and blue bonnet adorned with blue feathers, before a brown background. Sight: 11 1/8" H x 9" W. Framed: 15 1/4" H x 13 3/16" W. 2nd item: Bust-length portrait of a man wearing a blue tail coat, white shirt with green polka dots, white bow tie and ruffle, and black top hat with silver buckle against a gray background. Sight: 11" H x 8 7/9" W. Framed: 15 1/4" H x 13 13/16" W. 19th Century. Note: The majority of reverse glass paintings dating from the 18th and 19th centuries were produced in China for export to Europe or the United States.

PROVENANCE: Private Illinois Collection.

CONDITION: 1st item: Areas of loss to paint, especially in hat and jacket. 2nd item: Areas of loss to paint, especially to the figure's chin, and deterioration of paint to the man's left. Minute scuffs to wood and residue on silver fillet of both frames. Not examined outside of frames.