A Collection of Historic Americana, Hone Family

Comprising a group of personal items associated with Eliza and Robert Hone, wealthy residents of New York in the 19th century, including historic textiles, silver, jewelry, portraits, and documents. Specifically: a Brussels lace mantilla or shawl, worn by Eliza at her wedding in 1842, with needlepoint and bobbin lace floral motifs on an open mesh ground, of triangular form, 119 in. on the long side, 58 in. from the side to the opposite point; a silk work embroidery labeled along the bottom edge, "Worked by Eliza Rodman in the 7th Year of her age," (i.e. 1826) in a stamped metal and wood frame near period, the glass reverse-painted in black around the edges, 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. overall; a hand-tinted salt-print portrait of Eliza R. Hone by Mathew Brady, Civil War era, in the original oval gilt metal and glass frame, 10 3/4 x 9 in. overall; a 14K gold ring incorporating a square button engraved with a rooster, size 6 3/4, 3.0 grams (possibly pictured on the hand of Eliza Hone on the brady photograph); a collection of letters and ephemera, many directed to Eliza Hone in the 1840s and '50s, generally on family matters, comprising 22 items; a repousse silver pear-shaped cann, monogrammed "R.H." for Robert Hone, by Eoff & Shepard for Ball, Black & Co., New York, mid 19th century, 4 1/2 in. H, 3 1/8 in. Diam.; two unusual tipped fiddle coin silver forks, engraved "P. Hone" and "C. Hone," Philip and Catherine Hone, Robert's parents, made by H. Cheavens, New York, active1810-1834, 7 in. L; a miniature portrait of a woman of the Hone family, wearing an elegant dress, signed at lower right edge "Aimee Thibault" (French, 1784-1868, also active in Spain and in New York, for a few months in 1836) watercolor and gouache on oval card, 3 3/4 x 3 in., in a stamped copper frame with gilt liner, of the period; and three associated pieces of mourning jewelry in honor of Philip and Catherine Hone, in 10K yellow gold mounts edged with small pearls, comprising a double brooch with the plaited hair of each in separate compartments; a small pin enclosing the plaited hair of the couple, death dates in 1851 and 1852 engraved on the back, and a similar pin enclosing dark brown plaited hair, inscribed "Mother," 10K mourning jewelry 11.4 grams tw

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