19th century, cut and paste silhouette of a seated woman with her book; bronze highlights and china white embellishment; framed; signed lower left, "S.Metford fecit." Samuel Metford was a British profile cutter who worked in New York City and Charleston, South Carolina in the early 1840s.
SS 8 x 6.75 in.; DOA 9.5 x 8.5 in.
The Estate Collection of the late W. Samuel Tarlton
