A PAIR OF ITALIAN OVAL WAX PORTRAITS OF ST. PHILIP AND ST. FRANCIS
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Each within metal-thread and silk foliate scrolled borders, depicting each Saint and respectively inscribed 'S. PHILIPPVS NERVIS CONG ORAT FVND' and 'S. FRANCISVS DE SALES EPISC GENEVEN BENED XIII PONT MAX', the giltwood frames surmounted by a canopied cresting, one glass broken
Each: 15 in. (38 cm.) high; 9¾ in. (25 cm.) wide (2)
A PAIR OF ITALIAN OVAL WAX PORTRAITS OF ST. PHILIP AND ST. FRANCIS
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Each within metal-thread and silk foliate scrolled borders, depicting each Saint and respectively inscribed 'S. PHILIPPVS NERVIS CONG ORAT FVND' and 'S. FRANCISVS DE SALES EPISC GENEVEN BENED XIII PONT MAX', the giltwood frames surmounted by a canopied cresting, one glass broken
Each: 15 in. (38 cm.) high; 9¾ in. (25 cm.) wide (2)
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