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No. 2390 Lover's Eye Painting in an Antique Daguerreotype Frame (6")

Name: No. 2390 Lover's Eye Painting in an Antique Daguerreotype Frame (6")
Brand: Susannah Carson
SKU: 2390
Price: 325.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$325.00

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 3.4" by 2.9"; 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.