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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9674821, member: 79705"]This might be a little familiar...my icon image. I've been trying to track down a date on her for a while now but coming up with similar style and size of portrait, or similar housing, has proven difficult. She is painted to be a late 18th century lady in a glorious wig, but is she of that period?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470756[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>She looks to be watercolor on ivory, based on the texture of the ground. You can see the edges of her disc, and the edges of the filler. The artist took advantage of the color of the ivory to be her skin. She's set under glass, fully into the pendant, and is not a locket. It does not open. The circle of the pendant is approximately the size of a USA penny, or 7/8 in / 2.2225 cm / 22.225 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470758[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The pendant is gold and hand cut/tooled with a floral design on the back. I only ever get pocket watch results when I try to find another... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie97" alt=":watching:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470757[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Scored to look like a locket, but alas...not.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470759[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Two half pearls in the bale, crimped in. No marks that I can find, just misc. indentions. I checked with a x25. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470760[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The only similar leads I have in portrait style are this 18th century box clasp from a history of clasps book. Same face and neck shape, same blush shape, bow mouth, similar nose, similar collar shape, and a similar heavy-hand on the dress paint.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470761[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-me-to-decide-if-i-buy-this-piece-georgian-chain-with-painted-pendant.82840/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-me-to-decide-if-i-buy-this-piece-georgian-chain-with-painted-pendant.82840/">the post</a> spartcom5 recently made, showing a similar mouth, nose, and eyebrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470762[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470758[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So what do we think? Take her at wig value for late 18th? Or is she a 19th c piece looking backwards? Anyone seen something similar in portrait or hand-cut design? Any guesses on who she might be, if anyone? Thanks all! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9674821, member: 79705"]This might be a little familiar...my icon image. I've been trying to track down a date on her for a while now but coming up with similar style and size of portrait, or similar housing, has proven difficult. She is painted to be a late 18th century lady in a glorious wig, but is she of that period? [ATTACH=full]470756[/ATTACH] She looks to be watercolor on ivory, based on the texture of the ground. You can see the edges of her disc, and the edges of the filler. The artist took advantage of the color of the ivory to be her skin. She's set under glass, fully into the pendant, and is not a locket. It does not open. The circle of the pendant is approximately the size of a USA penny, or 7/8 in / 2.2225 cm / 22.225 mm. [ATTACH=full]470758[/ATTACH] The pendant is gold and hand cut/tooled with a floral design on the back. I only ever get pocket watch results when I try to find another... :watching: [ATTACH=full]470757[/ATTACH] Scored to look like a locket, but alas...not. [ATTACH=full]470759[/ATTACH] Two half pearls in the bale, crimped in. No marks that I can find, just misc. indentions. I checked with a x25. [ATTACH=full]470760[/ATTACH] The only similar leads I have in portrait style are this 18th century box clasp from a history of clasps book. Same face and neck shape, same blush shape, bow mouth, similar nose, similar collar shape, and a similar heavy-hand on the dress paint. [ATTACH=full]470761[/ATTACH] And [URL='https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-me-to-decide-if-i-buy-this-piece-georgian-chain-with-painted-pendant.82840/']the post[/URL] spartcom5 recently made, showing a similar mouth, nose, and eyebrow. [ATTACH=full]470762[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]470758[/ATTACH] So what do we think? Take her at wig value for late 18th? Or is she a 19th c piece looking backwards? Anyone seen something similar in portrait or hand-cut design? Any guesses on who she might be, if anyone? Thanks all! :joyful:[/QUOTE]
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