Hollow cut silhouette set over black silk of a woman facing right, mounted in a painted black wood frame (not original) with oval opening and gilt border, metal grape bunch decoration at top. The cutting on the bustline and dress front is particularly fine.
silhouettes
glass (material)
SILHOUETTE
"ANON / cut / By an / Amateur / Dr. / Eleazer / Copeland - / Vermont - / c. 1813 / From / his / Grd. - Dau. / dear / Mary Copeland / Colby - of / San Francisco" (Paper label)
3641
Unknown
Vermont
4 7/8 in x 3 7/8 in x 3/4 in (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Olive Percival
1947.113
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