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Hollow cut silhouette set over black silk with pencil drawn details of hair and collar of a man facing left, mounted in a painted black frame with an oval opening with a brass border.
silhouettes
glass (material)
brass (alloy)
SILHOUETTE
"Born in Salem 1702 or 1726" (Pencil)
Bickford, John, 1702-1788
3610
Unknown
Possibly Salem, Massachusetts
6 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 1/2 in (HxWxD) (inches)
Estate of Miss Edna R. Gardiner
1941.957
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