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c. 1830, George and Martha Washington Miniature Portrait Pair Likely French

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:2,400.00 USD Estimated At:2,800.00 - 3,600.00 USD
c. 1830, George and Martha Washington Miniature Portrait Pair Likely French
Washington Related
George and Martha Washington Miniature Portrait Pair
c. 1830, Post-Revolutionary War to Federal Era, George and Martha Washington Miniature Portraits, Matched Pair, Likely French, Choice Near New.
These original, Matched Pair of George and Martha Washington Miniature Oval Portraits are on natural material, Hand-Painted, measuring 2.75” x 2.25” housed within their original matching 5” x 4.25” Marquetry (craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns) style frames, each of which has an ornate, inner gilt fine pattern metal border. Both are backed by a page from an early book written in Latin. Martha has an unreadable signature above her left shoulder. Each portrait is large within its frame and is very impressive being of Museum quality. (Pair of 2 Portraits).