A charming paint-decorated mirror depicting three generations of “fashionable menfolk" surrounded by familiar everyday sights. Painted on leather, the silvery/white painted ground may have been intended to simulate the white silk needlework that is on occasion seen as a background on 18th embroidery.
A rare and charming piece.
Probably English, 2nd half 18th c.
18” x 25”
Stone Carving
Italian, 16th c.
Unusually sensitive marble carving of Moses.
9” h.
Watercolor Portrait of a Young Lady
New England, c. 1820.
Charming portrait on a heart-shaped board, no doubt given as a token of love.
