Miscellaneous Portrait Miniatures & Related Objects: Twentieth Century

Listed in chronological order by the date of each painting
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Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Scottish
circa 1910
by Dorothy Oliver (Actively exhibited 1905-1914)
[signed obverse, lower left, "D. Oliver"]

2 7/8 inches diameter (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in an ornate ormolu frame

Blue (Gray) Persian Cat

American
circa 1910-1915
by Harriet Vreeland Furness (active, New York City, 1900-1920)
[signed obverse, lower right, "H. V. Furness"]

1 1/2 x 2 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in an earlier (ca. 1830-40)
traveling case made of leather over wood with an embossed sheet brass mat

White and Tan Terrier,
Sitting on a Louis XVI Armchair

English
circa 1910-1914
by William Luker, Jr. (1867-1951)
[signed obverse, lower left ,"W. Luker, Jr."]

1 3/4 x 2 3/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a closeable, sterling silver locket frame (hallmarked 1914)

Cameo Portrait of an Early Twentieth Century Gentleman, Carved
into Striated Black Onyx and Mounted in an 18 Karat Gold Surround

American
circa 1915-1925
Engraved to the underside of the subject's bust, "L. Zellner" (Louis Zöellner, 1852-1934)

1 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches

Not all antique portraits were taken with a camera or painted with a brush.
Many a Caesar had his countenance sculpted in marble and, centuries
later (especially popular in the 18th and 19th centuries), many a
wealthy individual had their portrait carved into stone or shell by
a master cameo cutter.

A Smooth-Coated Brussels Griffon

English
circa 1920
by the Studio of Thomas Fall*
[signed obverse, lower left, "Fall"]

2 3/8 x 2 7/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on card, affixed to glass; housed in a brass frame

Orange and White Tabby Cat

English
circa 1930
by Violet Nellie Garrod (1898-1981)
[signed obverse, lower right, with a cartouche
bearing the monogramed initials "V N G"]

1 7/8 x 2 3/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivorine; housed under glass in a pendant-style gilt copper case

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