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Your Price: $ 3500.00
Item Number: SAD1001
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Circa: 1830
Size: 36 1/2" L x 27" H
Huge heart breaking early 19th century pastel mourning cemetery graveyard Widow Mourner scene with rare Leather decorated under thick wavy glass frame. Over 3 feet long, this giant antique memorial is in an amazing state of preservtion FOB zip 18938
Provenance; William G. Nixon III
William G. Nixon III, 88, of Greenwich passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening, March 1, 2011 at Cumberland Manor in Hopewell Township.
He was the son of the late Helen Kearns Roarke Nixon and the late William G. Nixon II. His father was a Philadelphia attorney. His great-grandfather, William G. Nixon, was past president of the Cumberland National Bank, and at that time, considered the leading financier of southern New Jersey.
Mr. Nixon was a lifelong resident of Cumberland County, raised in Bridgeton in the William G. Nixon home, 81 West Commerce Street. The home is described as having an Italian Villa influence. The structure has been described as plain Presbyterian. The home was built by William G. Nixon, 1851-1853. The architect was Thomas Water, who worked on both the Philadelphia Girard College and Capitol dome in Washington, D.C. buildings. Mr. Nixon owned this home until he sold it in 1977.
He attended Lawrenceville Academy, Bridgeton High School and the University of Pennsylvania. He was past president of Fralinger Salt Water Taffy in Atlantic City. Fralinger’s Salt Water Taffy thrived under his lead. Mr. Nixon served his country in the Army Signal Corps., during World War II, going abroad to the east coast of Africa.
Mr. Nixon moved to Greenwich after marrying his wife, Barbara Powers Nixon and they lived on Ye Greate Street. He was a former Bridgeton historian, an avid supporter of the Cumberland County Historical Society, the Warren E. Lummis Genealogical, Research Library in Greenwich and board member president of the Bridgeton Antiquarian League.
On Jul 22, 2011, at 1:18 PM, a famous New York Auction House, wrote of THIS PIECE;
" It's a very charming piece with a wonderful frame -- the value, here in the New York market (auction) would be, I think, in the range of $3500."
TearDrop Memories 12 West Mechanic St. 2B New Hope PA 18938
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