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<p>[QUOTE="Frank, post: 1885932, member: 5421"]I've had these miniature portraits for years. Before they came to me, they belonged to my grandmother. I have no idea who they are, or their origin. On close examination, the first appears to be a transfer with hand-painted details and is either on very thin ivory or celluloid, so I'm guessing it dates to sometime between 1910 - 1930ish. Again, that's only a guess. It doesn't have a glass cover, and as far as I know it never has.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second is on a translucent substrate that also may be either celluloid or very thin ivory. There is some back painting on this one, and there are some flaking issues on the front. I think it may be a bit older than the other, but I don't have a feel for how old it might be. This one does have a slightly domed glass cover hand cut to fit the frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed there were some other miniatures posted recently, so I thought I'd share mine.[ATTACH=full]244441[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]244443[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]244444[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]244445[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]244446[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Frank, post: 1885932, member: 5421"]I've had these miniature portraits for years. Before they came to me, they belonged to my grandmother. I have no idea who they are, or their origin. On close examination, the first appears to be a transfer with hand-painted details and is either on very thin ivory or celluloid, so I'm guessing it dates to sometime between 1910 - 1930ish. Again, that's only a guess. It doesn't have a glass cover, and as far as I know it never has. The second is on a translucent substrate that also may be either celluloid or very thin ivory. There is some back painting on this one, and there are some flaking issues on the front. I think it may be a bit older than the other, but I don't have a feel for how old it might be. This one does have a slightly domed glass cover hand cut to fit the frame. I noticed there were some other miniatures posted recently, so I thought I'd share mine.[ATTACH=full]244441[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]244443[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]244444[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]244445[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]244446[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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