Oil on tin, unsigned, depicting gentlemen gathered in a tavern and drinking wine, presented in a later gilt composition frame.

SS 12.75 x 16 in.; DOA 20.5 x 23.5 in.

Private Collection, NC

An old hand-written note and printed clipping, both circa 1890, identify the scene as a "Tea Tasting."

Obscuring varnish - evidence of some touch-up (primarily to outlines of figures); fine overall surface crazing; frame with gold overpaint and some loss to applied composition ornament.

$1,000 - 3,000