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A0354 VERY RARE 19TH CENTURY CARVED MINIATURE FIGUREHEAD.
Finely carved bust of a woman dressed in green flowing shawl robe with dark reddish brown trim with flowered thin vine flanking the central stem. She wears a tiera with the back grey veil which continues down to the lacing piece. 13 inches tall.
This figurehead has been described as a model for the SLOOP BAYADERE because of its small size. However there were very small figureheads actually used on yachts and other small vessels so she could have actually been mounted on the small sloop.
Provinance: Collection of Susan and Raymond Egan, Northeast Auction 2006.
Collection of Miriam and Arthur Spector, Northeast Auctions 2004
David A Schorsch; Sotheby’s June 1998
The Dabney family Boston
$11,750
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