828-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 6, 2002
O THE ANTIQUE
DETECTIVE
Anne Gilbert
Portrait Miniatures
Are Tiny Masterpieces
Art history can come in small
sizes, but with big price tags.
Such is the case with portrait
miniatures where the wide range
of subjects includes royalty, mer
chants, and eventually well-to-do
tradesmen, military heroes, and
statesmen. Prices are just as var
ied from $BOO to well over
$lOO,OOO. None the less com
pared to other paintings they are
almost a bargain.
Some of the finest were done
by well-known artists of the day
and on enamel. When the subject
is royalty and the artist a docu-
Portrait miniature attri
buted to Christian Friedrich
Zincke of William Gooch
(1716-1742). Enamel on
copper. Photo credit: Colo
nial Williamsburg Collec
tion.
Incredible Selection Of Paper Advertising Which Represents Every Aspect Of American Lite In The First Halt Ot The
20th Century: Baseball And Other Sports. Mo\ ie Stars and Other Celebs, Automobiles, Airplanes & Flying, Motorcycles,
Coke. Tobacco. Fashion. Photograph). Posters & Window Cards, Theater, Politics, Industry. Farm Life, Architecture,
Travel & Transportation. Sample of Periodicals; Post, Flugwelt, Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, Playboy,
Projectionist, Liberty. Family Circle. Military Engineer, American Biography, Better Homes, Plus Dozens More Obscure
& Obsolete Subject Titles. 'Many Long Forgotten. Huge Scrap Books, Trade Cards, Flyers & Brochures, Postcards,
Mailers, Club Publications (Especially Aulok House Organs, Posters. Catalogs, Photos. 90% Pre-1950 Material, Stored
Away For Many Years.
mented and well-known minia
turist the price goes up. However,
portraits of royalty are relatively
common and when the artist isn’t
recognized they can be under a
thousand dollars. Portrait minia
tures were especially popular as
love tokens when the portraits
were of beautiful women.
What makes them so fascinat
ing to collectors are the historical
details from hair style to clothing
and jewelry, and knowing who
the subject was.
Portrait miniatures are first
documented in the early 16th
century.
Prior to this, during the Ren
aissance, artists moved on from
religious subjects and illuminated
manuscripts.
Credit German artist Hans
Holbein with the development of
the portrait miniature. He began
using water colors on vellum
from 1532 to his death in 1543
These miniature portraits were
called “limmings,” which trans
lates into “paintings on little.”
British artist Nicholas Hilliard
(1547-1619) is best known for his
portraits of Queen Elizabeth 1
and as miniaturist to her court.
However Christian Friedrich
Zincke, born in Germany in
1683, came to England in 1706,
and revived the art of enameling
in England.
He is considered by many to be
the ultimate in this field.
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PUBLIC AUCTION
ANTIQUES &
FARM EQUIPMENT
APRIL 20, 2002
9:00 A.M.
100 CHURCH ST., WINDSOR, NJ
SELLING FOR THE
UPDIKE ESTATE:
Oak Sleigh Beds, Oak Ice Box, Oak Round Table
Claw Feet, Sideboard, Chairs, Rockers, Child’s
Desk, Cushion Dining Room Suite, Marble Top
Stand, Oak Washstand, Empire Dressers, Oak
Dressers, 5 T-Back Chairs, Oak Morris Chair,
Plank Bottom Chairs, Old Tables, Clock Mission
Oak, Rope Bed, Trunks, Stands, Washer, Dryer,
Safe, Desk (Mag), Tea Set, Wicker Baskets,
Ceiling Lights, Egg Scales, Irons, Old Tins,
Cookie Jars, Fountain Pens, Crocks & Jugs, Oil
Lamps, Dolls, Vintage Clothing, Old Radios And
More.
FARM EQUIPMENT
1965 Chev. 60 Flatbed Truck, ‘53 Ford F-700
Stake Truck, ‘4l Farmall M, ‘44 Farmall M, ‘45
Oliver 70, ‘7B Oldsmobile Royale, 3 Bottom
Plow (3 pt.), IH Com Planter (4 Row), 3 Flat
Wagons, Sickle Mower, Brush Hog, Roller
Harrow, Manure Spreader, Lime Spreader, Hay
Conditioner, Hay Rack, Corn Elevator, Old
Lumber, Horse Harness, Buggy Parts, Chicken
Crates, Feeders, Nests, Hammermill, Pitcher
Pump, Iron Tubes, Locust Posts, Shovels &
Rakes, Corn Sheller. Milk Cans.
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