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Rare Spornberg Etruscan Silhouette
Signed and dated 1793
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An Etruscan-style red silhouette of a gentleman signed ‘Mr SPORNBERG invenit Bath 1793’.
Finnish by birth, Jacob Spornberg (b.1768) settled in Bath where his wife Rebecca ran a millinery shop in Milsom Street. In 1840, following the death of his wife, Spornberg emigrated to the United States to join his son.
Item Ref. 5537
Provenance: Captain Desmond Coke Collection, Sotheby's 1931 ; Sotheby's, New York 1984 ; Private Collection, New York
