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Unknown, A Blue Eye, 19th century, watercolor on ivory, chamfered rectangular gold ring, 1/2 x 3/4 in. (1.3 x 1.9 cm), repro. in Silver, Decorations, English and American Furniture, Rugs and Carpets (New York: Sotheby’s, October 14, 1992)

Unknown, A Blue Eye, 19th century

Artist Unknown (British)
Title A Blue Eye
Object Date 19th century
Medium Watercolor on ivory
Setting Chamfered rectangular gold ring
Dimensions 1/2 x 3/4 in. (1.3 x 1.9 cm)

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4910

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. 54.128.10, 1954–1992.

Silver, Decorations, English and American Furniture, Rugs and Carpets, Sotheby’s, New York, October 14, 1992, lot 206, as A Blue Eye [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 A Blue Eye.

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Unknown, A Blue Eye, 19th century, watercolor on ivory, chamfered rectangular gold ring, 1/2 x 3/4 in. (1.3 x 1.9 cm), repro. in Silver, Decorations, English and American Furniture, Rugs and Carpets (New York: Sotheby’s, October 14, 1992)