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Lot 37
Group of Five Miniature Portraits
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first a young boy in sailor style suit w/ hazy landscape behind, signed and dated "H.V. Shellard 1915", in gold tone case w/glass, all housed in custom-filled velvet lined leather case, SS 3.25"h x 2.5"w; the second a young girl wearing a pink dress w/a pendant necklace and large white bow in her hair, hazy landscape beyond, signed "HV Shellard" in gold tone case, glass cracked, SS 3.25"h x 2.75"w; the third of a gentleman wearing a three piece suit, signed "Shellard", in gold tone case, no glass, SS 3.25"h x 2.5"w; the fourth a 1920's bridal portrait w/inscription on reverse "My 1/6 to Mitchell Bank 12/23/32" WC on milk glass, in custom leather case w/"Morrall" paper label, SS 3"h x 2.25"w; the fifth a Victorian gentleman in black suit, ebonized wood frame, SS 2.5"h x 2"w, DOA 5.5"h x 4.5"w

Estate of the late Paul Yale, Chapel Hill, NC

Some staining to silk; Shellard portrait of a gentleman is loose.