Lot Essay
The Stockholm goldsmith Erik Wennblad died at the age of 37. Another gold frame by his hand is in the Österbottens museum, Vasa.
A young boy in profile to the left, in brown coat, red waistcoat, frilled white cravat and black stock
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SWEDISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1808
A young boy in profile to the left, in brown coat, red waistcoat, frilled white cravat and black stock
oval, 2 3/16 in. (55 mm.) high, gold frame by Erik Wennblad (fl. 1803-1808), Stockholm, 1808, surmounted by an eye surrounded by sunburst, the reverse with locks of hair on silk ground
A young boy in profile to the left, in brown coat, red waistcoat, frilled white cravat and black stock
oval, 2 3/16 in. (55 mm.) high, gold frame by Erik Wennblad (fl. 1803-1808), Stockholm, 1808, surmounted by an eye surrounded by sunburst, the reverse with locks of hair on silk ground
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