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No. 2199 Lover's Eye Painting in an Antique Daguerreotype Frame

Sale price$295.00

A Lover's Eye oil painting encased in an antique 19th-century daguerreotype frame of gilt embossed tin and glass, set in a dark wood frame. The gold frame measures 2.5" by 2"; the frame measures 6" x 6".

THE HISTORY: Lover's Eyes were a jewelry trend c.1785-1830 of brooches set with tiny watercolor portraits on ivory. Since they were cropped to eyes, they were in many ways more direct and intimate than traditional miniature portraits; but also because they were just eyes, they were often used as daring public testimonies of clandestine love affairs with mystery lovers.