Feb 26, 2004 - Sale 1998

Sale 1998 - Lot 49

Price Realized: $ 862
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
Miniature painting on ivory of a black Jamaican servant, 21/4x2 inches, on oval slice of ivory; slightly bowed. Jamaica?, circa 1830-50

Additional Details



An early manuscript note on the verso of the piece identifies the subject, "Marcellus, servant to James Laurence of Hazelgraph Plantation, Jamaica."