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Continental School, 19th century, miniature watercolor painting on ivory, depicting a woman in 17th century attire playing a harp. Subject is identified en verso as Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans, Duchesse de Montpensier (b. 1627- d. 1693). Original gilt metal frame. 4-3/4" x 3-3/4". Condition: Frame is loose, portrait in excellent condition.

Pair of European miniature oval portraits on porcelain after Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727-1788), depicting Sarah Barrett Moulton, also known as "Pinkie" and Jonathan Buttal (or Buttall), also known as "The Blue Boy". Both housed in pieced ivory frames. Sight: 3-1/8" H x 2-3/8" W. Framed: 5-3/4" H x 5" W. Last quarter 19th century. Condition: […]

Grouping of two miniatures. 1st item: Portrait miniature, possibly on ivory, depicting a young girl attired in a blue dress with lace collar, white ribbon belt and gold jewelry. Mounted on black background and housed in a black and gilt painted frame. Portrait – 2 1/2" H x 2" W. Overall – 5 1/2" H […]

2 Continental Portrait Miniatures and 2 Stevengraphs. 1st item: Watercolor on ivory miniature portrait of a lady in 18th century style attire including a ruffled collar and red shawl, mounted in a faux tortoise-on-ivory and mother of pearl frame, inscribed "Mrs. ___ Parry" en verso. 3-1/2" x 2-3/4" sight, 5-1/2" x 4-3/4" framed (1/2" x […]

Large and elaborately carved Inuit or Eskimo walrus ivory tusk, carved in the form of a cribbage board. Decorated with high relief carvings of walruses, fish, seals, wolves, polar bears, dogs and whales throughout with additional red pigment highlights visible around teeth and tusks of animals and scrimshaw detail on fish. 22" L. Late 19th […]

An English silver plated supper server, made by Israel Freeman & Son (founded in London, 1928), made in the revolving "Lazy Susan" style and comprised of four covered vegetable servers, two open salts and two pepper shakers. Bases of salts and shakers marked "I.F.S. Made in England". Covers of servers engraved with armorial crest. Ivory […]

Eugene Wagner (German, 1871-1942), Art Nouveau bronze nude depicting a young female with a downward gaze, cupping her right breast. Base signed "E. Wagner, AB 5". Mounted on an octagonal marble base. 12 3/4" H (including base). Provenance: Private Nashville, Tennessee collection. Condition: Missing original ivory butterfly.

Two mid-19th century English tea caddies. 1st item: Mahogany and satinwod tea caddy with tear drop ivory escutcheon, three interior compartments of two lidded boxes flanking one central glass bowl for mixing tea. 5-1/4" H x 10-1/4" W x 5-1/8" D. 2nd item: Tea caddy with inlaid diamond design of mixed woods with a brass […]

Miniature portrait on ivory of Theodore Mathias Trezevant (1806 – 1868). Born in Charleston, South Carolina to Peter Trezevant (1768 – 1854) and Elizabeth Willoughby Farquhar (1772 – 1845). Red leather case. Theodore married Eleanor Waller in 1844. They had three sons. Biography reference – The Trezevant Family in the United States by John Timothée […]