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Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« on: April 26, 2017, 03:07:49 am »
Hi all,
I got stuck trying to decipher the writing I found inside the frame of this miniature portrait (9.5cm). I have some ideas on some of the words, but I do not want to influence you in your reading. Any suggestion, especially on the artist's name, are highly appreciated!
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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2017, 03:10:15 am »
Sorry for the double post, please remove one!
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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2017, 08:13:15 am »
What I can read quickly,,,Miniature by Florence_______? Asher Craft Studio,   ______Fork  I think it may be Little Fork !!
Or could be Aiken Craft Studio !!  Not sure about the Little Fork, that looks like a Y at the end !! 
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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2017, 08:51:20 am »
Or....the last word could be "York."
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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2017, 08:59:27 am »
Thank you both! I have posted this in other places, too, and I think so far the reading is sure for "Miniature by Florence ????????, Ashen Croft studio, Ilkley, Yorks(hire), just the last name of the artist still remains a mystery. I have searched, but no miniature painter from Ilkley turned up so far...

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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2017, 12:11:21 pm »
LOL !!  York,,Fork !!  Got close !!   ;D   Was thinking USA,, not UK !!   Helps to know where to look !!  Never heard of Ilkley before !!

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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2017, 04:46:56 pm »
I will take a crack at the last name.

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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2017, 10:48:55 pm »
Looks like Storamaille.  The suffix maille of a last name is used in France and Ireland.
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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2017, 04:32:42 am »
I was thinking the 1st letter of the last name was an "H" .... not an "S". ::)
 

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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2017, 08:41:35 am »
Thank you Pelady, KC and cogar! I searched all variants and still nothing. She seems to be unknown. I have to check if it is in fact a photo miniature ( an overpainted photograph). That would explain that I cannot find any info on the artist....

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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2017, 01:32:33 pm »
Mat - has this been removed from the mount and appraised ? It looks like a touched up photo from what i'm seeing.

There are only a couple of mentions of Ashen Croft on the net,  which could be errors. And the surname - it's an i  and then double l and not double t

I'd also wondered if it could have been Askew Craft Studio.

Whichever way i look at it - i'm not sure the name is relevant to the value.

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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2017, 04:15:01 pm »
I'm from the South - but please don't mistake my Southern Manners/Accent/Charm as a weakness!

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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2017, 07:49:28 am »
Thank you KC, interesting resource!
Ipcress, it has not been appraised, but I had a look inside myself. The note was also inside, not visible when the frame is closed. It is painted on ivory, but as I have learned now, they printed photos on ivory as a base for miniature paintings at least from the 1860s, so still it could be the case. I tried to make a detail picture of the face, are there any signs that make you sure that it is a touched up photo? I am not interested in it's value, just trying to research it out of interest...
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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2017, 07:53:29 am »
Here is a description of the process of printing a photo on ivory from 1861: http://albumen.conservation-us.org/library/c19/fry.html

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Re: Help with Writing on Miniature Portrait
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2017, 01:18:22 pm »
"WOW" ......... is all I can say after reading that "printing" process description.