Late 19th century, painted in watercolor on celluloid, unsigned, presented behind glass in an oval sterling silver locket, the verso marked "Sterling" and engraved Gladys Fanny Lucile Elise / Daughter of / ALEXANDER AND EVA DEUTSCH / Born on January 16th / -1891-.

Portrait 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 in.; locket 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.

1.55 total weighable troy oz.

When Gladys Deutsch was born on January 16, 1891, in New York City, New York, her father, Alexander (1859-1918), was 31, and her mother, Eva (1869-?), was 21. She had three sisters, Berthie Schuer (1889-), Constance Staper (1899-), Ethel Dorothy Deutsch (1900–1997), Gladys died on May 27, 1943, in her hometown at the age of 52, and was buried in Fresh Pond, New York.

Some scratches and denting to silver; locket upper ring mount slightly canted; paper backing with some tears.