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Can anyone help me with any pertinent information about this sweet piece? It's a hand painted portrait miniature. Don't know what it's painted on. Behind glass. Set in a GF frame/pendent. Any help at all would be so appreciated!
Nicole
Can anyone help me with any pertinent information about this sweet piece? It's a hand painted portrait miniature. Don't know what it's painted on. Behind glass. Set in a GF frame/pendent. Any help at all would be so appreciated!
Nicole
"That piece looks like a transfer with paint onto of the transfer. I have had both in my shop and as good as this looks, the only paint looks like the lines and
dots." --Mary Deis, 03/09/08
"The only way you're going to be able to tell what the portrait is
painted on is by weight and touch. If it's cold to the touch, the painting was done on glass or porcelain. If it's warmer to the touch, then it could be on plastic. It could be a transfer, but if it is, the background appears to be hand painted as well as the white touch overs. The way you can tell face and body is a transfer is to get out your 10x loupe and look carefully at her face. If it's a transfer, her face will be a series of tiny dots. If all hand painted it will be solid color, you will not see any dots. Sometimes a piece can be hand painted yet have no brush marks, especially the backgrounds. I can't tell from what we see of the piece in the picture, but it's possibly turn of the century or Victorian. Maybe you can look it up somewhere to see when. Is the chain original? I don't know who the initials stand for, but if you can find out, it may help you date the piece." --Rebecca Fransway, 03/09/08
"Thank you both for looking. The portrait is all hand painted, 100%
sure on this. There aren't any dots, pixels or other transfer indicators. Brush strokes are visible. The top is glass for sure. I am not planning to remove the piece from its mount but wondered if anyone had any ideas. The mount looks so.....so....new. Not new as in the last 5 years, but maybe since the 50's...earlier???? We didn't start seeing the 1/20K GF mark until when??? I saw a similar one on RLthat dated it to the 20's, with a Victorian subject. The 'ladies" all seem to have the same basic style...looking over shoulder, pulled up hair with ribbons, pretty dress line on the back....were these mass produced? I would think (and I am not very good at this) is that there would be very HUGE differences in the style if they were painted by different artists at different times. This seems so close to the one on RL that it makes me wonder... How can I describe this? I really appreciate any and all info.Oh, and yes, the chain is original. It has the same LF 1/20k GF mark on the clasp. Oh, the clasp would date it past the 30's as it's a thumbring .... right? Or Not?" --Nicole, 03/09/08
"I've had this portrait on a locket and earrings in the past. Yours does look as if there's been some hand painting over perhaps a picture image. It was a popular image based on an original portrait miniature by Steigel (I think). She's lovely and has always been one of my favorites. I think your piece is likely circa 40's or early 50's." --Linda Lombardo, 03/09/08
"I have the same portrait in gold filled screwback earrings. I had them scanned but I can't find the picture to show you. If I remember correctly mine were by Carl Art. This portrait was very popular and done in lots of jewelry. They look handpainted but they're not. I think they are from the 1940s or so." --Robin Deutsch, 03/09/08
"Thank you all for the nformation! Someone (sorry cant remember who) mentioned Carl-Art. I looked and found one on RL. The picture was
almost identical with only tiny differences (brush strokes)I still
dont know who LF is and may never. But here's a question that I should probably already know and maybe it will be useful to others....What is the earliest date (era) that we began seeing the 1/20 12(or 10,14)k G.F.?" --Nicole, 03/09/08
"The article about gold filled jewelry which I wrote for JR may answer some of your questions. http://www.milkywayjewels.com/gf_figs/gold_fill_article.html
I found this information: "The United States Department of Commerce played a role in the new popularity of heavily gold-plated jewelry by issuing Commercial Standard CS 47-34 which created a precise definition for "gold filled," decreeing that the total weight of gold filled jewelry had to be 1/20 or more (5% or greater) 10K or higher karat gold." But was unable to find an exact date when Commercial Standard CS 47-34 was adopted. Maybe someone else will have better luck tracking this down. If you do, I'd love to know what that date was. From my research I am estimating that it was in the early 1930s." --Cheri Van Hoover, 03/09/08
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