Early 19th C Watercolor on Ivory Portrait of Woman in Bonnet Antique

Early 19th C Watercolor on Ivory Portrait of Woman in Bonnet AntiqueFramed Portrait Miniature #15 Old Lady with Bonnet and Slice Early 19th century portrait Likely dates to Federal or Georgian period (1800 1820) Watercolor on ivory (vertical cracking and slight warping typical of antique ivory under environmental stress) Middle aged to elderly woman in a lace mob cap and dark dress with white fichu typcial attire for women of the early 19th century in Britain and early America Painting style is rather primitive or

Desk letter rack/stationary holder

or student work which was quite common with academic artists

Paris - one of the most respected French optical manufacturers of the era

” is short for sculpsit

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Curvilinear shape at one end suggest it may have originally been used as a sad iron stand or for kitchen use on a wood burning stove

and class conflect

Carved wood

Hand mirror has beveled edges

translated by Helen Maria Williams

issuing padded arms in matching upholstery

Framed in elaborate gilt bronze Louis-XVI style frame with ribbon and floral crest