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No. 3254 Lover's Eye Painting in a Black Enamel Frame
No. 3254 Lover's Eye Painting in a Black Enamel Frame

No. 3254 Lover's Eye Painting in a Black Enamel Frame

Sale price$335.00

A Lover's Eye oil painting in a black enamel "petal" frame with rhinestones, measuring 5.75" by 5.75" (stand back - no hardware for hanging, but it would be possible to loop wire or string around the stand back). 

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. 
No. 3254 Lover's Eye Painting in a Black Enamel Frame
No. 3254 Lover's Eye Painting in a Black Enamel Frame Sale price$335.00