![[Portrait of an unknown man with lock of hair I]](https://collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/records/images/xlarge/22892/2ff9b72d466def0bbd264fa46b37b9d19b041795.jpg "[Portrait of an unknown man with lock of hair I]")
[Portrait of an unknown man with lock of hair I]
Maker and Role
Artist: Unknown
Description
Miniature oil painting on an ovular bone/shell, with metal frame and glass. The frame has an eyelet at centre top. The painting depicts a head and shoulders portrait of a man. He is depicted with short grey hair and large grey green eyes. He wears a dark coloured double breasted jacket, white shirt, and a high white necktie and collar that covers his neck up to the chin. On the reverse a lock of hair is encased under glass with a metal border. The hair is gathered at one end by a clasp of gold thread and seed pearls. The lock of hair is then framed by purple faceted glass, and a further metal frame.
A dark cream ribbon, now very degraded was threaded through the centre eyelet.
The painting is not titled, signed or dated.
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Object detail
Locket/Jewellery/Body Adornment/Adornment/Personal Objects/Nomenclature
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