£100 - £150
Decorative Arts: The Starbuck family of Nantucket; a watercolour on ivory portrait miniature of Benjamin Starbuck, aged 34. Unsigned, though there are details to the rear, hard to read. Ebonised frame with acorn hanger measures 14.5cm by 12.5cm. Part of the Starbuck archive being sold through this saleroom. The Starbuck family were prominent in the anti-slavery movement both in the UK and the USA. Having been involved in the founding of Nantucket, members of the family emigrated to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, after the American Revolutionary War and continued their successful whaling business.
Ivory submission reference PN64AUXD
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