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Fri, Jan 25, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 167

Ten Hollow Cut Silhouette Portraits

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(British/American, 19th Century)

three portraits with lithographic background, one with gilt accents, man facing right with embossed "Wms Burg" bottom center, with gilt, probably period frames, 3-1/2 in. to 4 in.(sight), [toning, stains, some foxing, cracks, abrasions and losses to frames]; five oval portraits, one of lady facing left signed "Doyle", William M.S. Doyle (1769-1828), French inscription verso of lady facing right, watercolor, ink on wove paper, all in wood frames with pressed brass faces, 2-3/4 in. to 3-1/2 in., [one with holes in black ink, stains, foxing, toning, dents to brass frame faces]