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Lot 176
A Pair of Antique Reverse Paintings on Glass
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, likely English, each depicting a figural scene, one set within a modest roadside, the second within a formal garden, each presented in matching gilt and ebonized frames.

Frame dimensions 12 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (each)

The Caroline Faison Antiques Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina

Formal garden scene with cracked glass in upper right corner and minor scattered paint flaking; the second with extensive paint flaking to central tree foliage and other scattered loss; both with wear and rubbing to frames.