Curtain Tiebacks, Footed Porcelain Tureen Base, Antique Violin
19th century: pair tiebacks with painted flowers, 4-1/8 in. diameter, both bent, dents, losses to sides, areas of paint loss; white porcelain small footed tureen base, busts of classical figures at sides, tripod animal-paw feet, unmarked, 6 x 5-1/2 in., traces of old gilding on busts, age crack from rim into body with minor chips, age crack to base; labeled Antonius Stadivari Cremona style violin, late 19th century copy of a 1725 model, 23-1/4 x 8-1/4 x 2-3/4 in., crack and repair to body, lacking two tuning pegs, strings and bridge and fine tuners, extensive surface abrasions; with a printed engraved profile portrait of Louis XVIII, Roi d'France et de Nave Arre from John Nichols, The Gentleman magazine, 1824, 8-1/2 x 5 in., unframed, discoloration overall with water stains and foxing, (four pieces) . Provenance: portrait purchased at The Philadelphia Print Shop, 2010; Deaccessioned from James Madison's Montpelier; Proceeds to Benefit the Collection