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<p>[QUOTE="mmarco102, post: 6563156, member: 8289"]Greetings old friends and new. Best wishes for everyone’s New Year and a hearty welcome to every surviving thing made in 1923 to the world of antiques.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pick this up at a thrift store today. I can see it’s age after opening it up and the extremely fine, what appears to be varnish is so thin and fragile, if I look at a piece to long it simply crumbles <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (this actually happened). The frame is obviously late 20th and seems to have been a last ditch attemp to save. The age is there, how much is the real question. I would love to know if anyone can identify the subjects and/or help with the artist, which I have not been able to find anything about. Artwork appears above average for older silhouettes, but I am far from having knowledge on this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two interesting observations, is the lady’s eyelash seems to be exposed by the, what I only think was varnish, yet the gentleman’s hair above his head seems to be gone. Ponders . <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>note; the last two photo was before I took it out of the frame. Most of the dirty film was on the inside. Cleaned and resealed no issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope for any and all information and opinions.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]419847[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419848[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419849[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419850[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419851[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419852[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419853[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419854[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mmarco102, post: 6563156, member: 8289"]Greetings old friends and new. Best wishes for everyone’s New Year and a hearty welcome to every surviving thing made in 1923 to the world of antiques. Pick this up at a thrift store today. I can see it’s age after opening it up and the extremely fine, what appears to be varnish is so thin and fragile, if I look at a piece to long it simply crumbles :arghh: (this actually happened). The frame is obviously late 20th and seems to have been a last ditch attemp to save. The age is there, how much is the real question. I would love to know if anyone can identify the subjects and/or help with the artist, which I have not been able to find anything about. Artwork appears above average for older silhouettes, but I am far from having knowledge on this. Two interesting observations, is the lady’s eyelash seems to be exposed by the, what I only think was varnish, yet the gentleman’s hair above his head seems to be gone. Ponders . :rolleyes: note; the last two photo was before I took it out of the frame. Most of the dirty film was on the inside. Cleaned and resealed no issues. Hope for any and all information and opinions. [ATTACH=full]419847[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419848[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419849[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419850[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419851[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419852[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419853[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419854[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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