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April 24, 2026: Spring Fine & Decorative Arts - Day Three

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  • Miniatures/Silhouettes
Lot 2235

DAVIS & SANFORD, NEW YORK MINIATURE PORTRAIT IN ORIGINAL VERMEIL STERLING SILVER FRAME

Estimate: $100 - $200
Current Bid
$50

Bid Increments

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$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

DAVIS & SANFORD, NEW YORK MINIATURE PORTRAIT IN ORIGINAL VERMEIL STERLING SILVER FRAME, hand-colored photograph, depicting a smartly dressed young gentleman, signed "DAVIS & SANFORD" in red along the lower edge, housed in its original gilded silver frame having a chased border and trefoil hanging loop. Back stamped "DAVIS & SANFORD / NEW YORK" and "STERLING" to loop. Together with its original leather-covered hinged case. Total weight of frame: 2.98 ozt. Circa 1910. Frame 4 5/8" HOA, 3 3/4" x 3 1/8" OA without loop.
Catalogue Note: The Davis and Sanford Portrait Studio was founded by the partners Charles Henry Davis (1862-1929) and E. Starr Sanford (1862-1917) in 1892. They were considered the most artistic of the New York portrait studios organized during the Gilded Age, and pioneered the colonization of Fifth Avenue by photographers. Sanford's social connections (he belonged to one of the founding families of Danbury, Connecticut) and Davis's broad familiarity with the arts (he would moonlight as assistant music critic of the New York Evening Post for years) made them immediately successful in high society and theatrical circles. Their status was insured when they secured exclusive rights to photograph the 1893 honeymoon trip of the Count and Countess de Castellane to the Hudson Valley. Credit to the University of South Carolina for the above information.

Condition

Excellent condition with a possible repair to lower front edge of frame. Case with some rubbing and cracking to the exterior, and soiling to the interior.

Provenance

The estate collection of Dennis Trischler, Woodbridge, VA.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 10/20/2023, lot 1448.
Ex-property of a Virginia gentleman.

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