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Unknown, An Oval Blue Eye Surrounded by Clouds, 19th century, watercolor on ivory, metal frame, oval 1 3/16 x 15/16 in. (3 x 2.4 cm) high, repro. in Silver, Decorations, English and American Furniture, Rugs and Carpets (New York: Sotheby’s, October 14, 1992)

Unknown, An Oval Blue Eye Surrounded by Clouds, 19th century

Artist Unknown (British)
Title An Oval Blue Eye Surrounded by Clouds
Object Date 19th century
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Metal frame
Dimensions oval 1 3/16 x 15/16 in. (3 x 2.4 cm) high

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4890

Provenance

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1954;

Their gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 54.128.4, 1954–1992.

Silver, Decorations, English and American Furniture, Rugs and Carpets, Sotheby’s, New York, October 14, 1992, lot 206, as An Oval Blue Eye Surrounded by Clouds [1];

Current location unknown.

Notes

[1] “Five unusual eye miniatures, 19th century, the first a blue eye, set into a chamfered rectangular gold ring, the second a brown eye with brown locks, set into an oval snake gold ring, the third also a brown eye with brown locks, set into a circular gold stick pin, the forth a partial face, set into a metal rounded rectangular pin, the last an oval blue eye surrounded by clouds, in a metal frame. Heights 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) to 1/2 in. (1.3 cm.) (5) $800–1,000.” Lots 201–11 were sold by the “Property of an East Coast Institution.”

References

Silver, Decorations, English and American Furniture, Rugs and Carpets (New York: Sotheby’s, October 14, 1992), as An Oval Blue Eye Surrounded by Clouds.

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Unknown, An Oval Blue Eye Surrounded by Clouds, 19th century, watercolor on ivory, metal frame, oval 1 3/16 x 15/16 in. (3 x 2.4 cm) high, repro. in Silver, Decorations, English and American Furniture, Rugs and Carpets (New York: Sotheby’s, October 14, 1992)