While it is interesting, and it has some appeal and some value, a friend of ours was sold this little painting as a Georgian Lover's Eye. First of all, the Georgian Lover's Eye items are virtually all jewelry items, so that's clue one. Then, he tells me, the UK seller also "came up with" what he said was the other eye to the set, but it was in a frame of ivory, instead. I'm going to sell this one as what it is, a rather charming vintage drawing of an eye, on paper, set into a 20th century tourist frame which probably had a poorly finished c.1950s tourist souvenir portrait miniature. While it is made to look older, these tourist 'fakes' abound. In fact, they're fun souvenirs, but when sold as a fine antique 200 years older, it just makes me angry. That my friend was then cheated a 2nd time by that same unscrupulous seller - well, here again is why you want to deal with reputable antiques dealers. I see fake and misrepresented "antiques" day in and day out, on every venue. I'm going to write on back of this one it's actual age so no one misrepresents it, in case someone out there likes it as it is, a c.1950 frame with a much later nice little colored drawing of an eye - perhaps someone's lover, but certainly not a valuable Georgian (c.1700s) era item.
Very nice condition for what it is. A charming little contemporary to as old as perhaps c.1980s colored drawing, on paper/card, housed in a tourist-grade mid-1900s frame of wood. While my friend was cheated of hundreds of $ by that UK seller, we price it as a nice little drawing, vintage in nature, and perhaps someone can enjoy it as such while also recouping a bit of my friend's losses. Measurements and all views in photos. It looks sweet with portrait miniatures, and might with your authentic lover's eye jewelry, but again - it was someone's fraudulent offering out of UK. Don't be fooled!
