Superb Pair of American Watercolor Portraits on Ivory – circa 1810-20

Superb American pair of portraits of a husband and wife that were painted on ivory and originally housed in rectangular frames which displayed the entire painted scenes.  They were then moved into oval frames, probably pre-1840, to display only the portrait, while the oval portrait style was still very popular.  Subsequent to that they were later placed back into rectangular frames as originally intended, this time into English made frames of the 1850-60 period, which happens to work very well with them.  A really terrific and visually appealing pair of indoor American portrait scenes with cupboards, books, bookcases, etc. all in the background.

Image size of each is 3 1/2″  x  2 7/8″   and the framed size of each is 7″  x  6 3/8″

1124     -     MEID     -     $1675

Outstanding Portrait of Brother and Sister – Ivory Watercolor – French – 18th century

Simply magnificent folk art painting of two children that would have been purposely commissioned by the parents and accomplished by a very talented artist.  The painting is currently housed in an appropriate but c 1820′s frame that is not the original to the painting.  There is no damage to the portrait or the ivory disc.  They rarely get any better than this wonderfull example which we were thrilled to locate.

Image size is 2 5/8″ diameter while the framed size is 5 1/4″  x  5 1/4″

1125     -     NOLD     -     $1975

A Seated Girl Watercolor c 1850

A very nicely rendered watercolor on paper of a young girl seated on a turned chair. The water color is signed Philippa Rowe and dated 1850 in the lower right corner. Matted and framed the image size is 7 1/4″ x 11 1/2″ and the frame size is 13 1/2″ x 18 1/2″

936     -   RIH   -   $525

18th Century Painting on Early 18th Century Playing Card

Very early playing cards had plain backs as it was believed to be better for discourage cheating.  When a deck became incomplete, the plain backs on the  remaining cards were sometimes used as stock for other purposes, as card stock was quite expensive.  When a playing card gets a secondary life in such a way, it is referred to as  a secondary used playing card.

This is a very rare example where an artist oil painted a well executed standing Heron on the back of an early 18th century French Jack of Diamonds playing card.

It has been framed between two pieces of glass to enable it to displayed on a wall and be easily turned over to view its original heritage.

Size of the card is 3 5/8″  x  2 1/4″  and the size of the frame is 5 3/4″  x  2 1/4″.

6326     -     MOND     -     $895

 19th c Oil Painting on Original Engraved Copper Canton Transferware Printing Plate

This is a nicely done 19th century academic oil painting of a classical nude that was painted on an extremely unusual foundation.  The foundation is actually an original seven pound engraved copper plate which was used to print the decorative transfer for a much earlier ceramic oval platterof the famous Canton design.  This is the only such example of an engraved copper plate used for printing early ceramic plate transfers which I have ever found.  That it was utilized as a foundation for a painting by an artist during the 19th century is the only reason it was spared from the copper melting pot.

I have had it mounted within a frame in such a way that the engraved copper plate is fully visable when the frame is turned over.  Ask us for additional pictures.

The image size is 14 1/2″ x 11 1/2″ and the framed size is 18 5/8″ x 15 5/8″.

1379     -     MTDD     -     $1000