Beautifully painted scrimshaw battle scene with soldiers on horseback. Executed on a thin piece of bone on a board backing hand decorated with ink and gold trim. The frame is Persian inlaid wood. There is a paper card on the back that indicates the date 5/17/88, which I believe is the date the painting was framed, not the date of the scrimshaw painting itself, which I believe to be older.

Measurements: Frame 6 x 3 1/2 inches...

Lovely miniature hand painted portrait of a lady. Appears to be oil on ivorine and is signed (although the signature is not legible to me). The lady has beautiful blue eyes and curly brown hair. She is holding a pink rose.

The oval frame, which has a ring hanger on the back, is gold gilt brass. There is a blue and silver label on the back with a logo and C. Frederick Faude.

This is probably French or Italian from the early 1900s and was sold as a gallery piece for tourists...

This is a set of drawings on paper depicting traditional dress in Central and Eastern Europe. Drawn and painted by Maria A. Braun (Brown), Austria-Linz, in 1948-1950. Media include pencil and ink drawings, colored with watercolor and/or gouache and colored ink. Each drawing is signed in pencil on the front in a little inset drawing of hills, villages or flowers. Also signed on the backs, always with the name of the region and typically (but not all) with: Made in Austria-Linz / By: M. A...