Antique
jewelry and other fine antique items from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian
eras
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Antique
jewelry and other fine antique items from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian
eras
E-mail Darlene
Link to Category > mourning art
Reference #: 8777
Status: sold
Dimensions: 4.5 inches square; miniature is approx. 2.75 inches in diameter
Condition: excellent; frame has a hairline crack on the front at 12:00; original glass covers the miniature
Year: 1810-30
Price:
Description: One of the finest hair work on ivory
miniatures I have seen.
Such poignant symbolism and in the
right hand corner, in German a reassuring message: "Do
not mourn; there awaits us a happy reunion ". (Trauert
nicht; Unser wartet Dort ein frohes Wiedersehen)
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photo1 and photo2 and
photo3 and photo4
and photo5 and a comparison of the
size of 8777 and 8778
