Description:

Unusual pair feather-mounted painted pictures of birds first half 19th century, each depicting songbird in nature with applied feather, within eglomise and ebonized frame.
H11" W9" (2pcs)

Provenance: Estate of the late Francis D. "Skeeter" McNairy, Savannah, Georgia.

Other Notes: Similar example Sotheby's, Dorothy Hirshhorn Collection, Sept. 26, 1998, lot 440.

    Condition:
  • Left-facing bird with losses to feathers and tear to center of oval. Both with various losses to eglomise panels. Colors vibrant and other feathers in good condition.


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