Fine Antique Set Of 12 French Gold Place Card Holders Minature Formal Portraits
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:27605840 | Country/Region of Manufacture: France |
12 Fine antique formal French place card holders with 12 unique classic miniature portraits of women in in period attire under glass.
Amazingly these were found untouched for decades, perhaps longer, in a box from " HENRY SPINGARN'S Ye Olde Curiosity Shop" in Paris. (see photos) They are in very good condition, and we have opted to leave them in as found, without any cleaning or polishing. They have not tarnished. Each has an individual portrait in stunning detail of a lady in ...formal attire, affixed under glass measuring 15 mm in diameter. Given the shop's illustrious history, documented online, these items are likely at least 100 years old.
Measurements:28mm, (1 1/8" ) high22mm, (7/8" ) wide18mm, (5/8") deep
Each weighing 6.5 grams total, including the glass
Portrait image: 15mm (5/8") dia.
Henry Spingarn was born in Osijek, then Austro-Hungary, later Yugoslavia, in 1879. He moved to Paris and was a jeweler and clockseller in 1921 at 350, rue St. Honoré, Paris. He called his shop 'Ye Old Curiosity Shop', after Dickin's novel, and sold clocks, watches and all sorts of objects d'art, antique jewelry and collectors' items in the years between the two wars. The shop became well known to wealthy people and Americans for its high quality goods.For the discerning buyer this is a genuine "dusty old drawer" find - after decades in obscurity....
Amazingly these were found untouched for decades, perhaps longer, in a box from " HENRY SPINGARN'S Ye Olde Curiosity Shop" in Paris. (see photos) They are in very good condition, and we have opted to leave them in as found, without any cleaning or polishing. They have not tarnished. Each has an individual portrait in stunning detail of a lady in ...formal attire, affixed under glass measuring 15 mm in diameter. Given the shop's illustrious history, documented online, these items are likely at least 100 years old.
Measurements:28mm, (1 1/8" ) high22mm, (7/8" ) wide18mm, (5/8") deep
Each weighing 6.5 grams total, including the glass
Portrait image: 15mm (5/8") dia.
Henry Spingarn was born in Osijek, then Austro-Hungary, later Yugoslavia, in 1879. He moved to Paris and was a jeweler and clockseller in 1921 at 350, rue St. Honoré, Paris. He called his shop 'Ye Old Curiosity Shop', after Dickin's novel, and sold clocks, watches and all sorts of objects d'art, antique jewelry and collectors' items in the years between the two wars. The shop became well known to wealthy people and Americans for its high quality goods.For the discerning buyer this is a genuine "dusty old drawer" find - after decades in obscurity....
