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Re: Picture on a a piece of ivory
What does the writing on the back say. The picture isn't very clear
Re: Picture on a a piece of ivory
Written on the back with a pencil It says
""Ivory picture given to me by Mr. Falvey""
""Framed 8/20/68 E.S.J"" (..my grandfaters initals..)
""Lower right hand faked by me -old ivory piano keys""
""Too much? Inferior ***ching! Dog not bad
( *** I can not make out clearly what the first few letters in above word are)
As you can see in the picture -on the bottom right it appears a piece of the original had broken off, so my grandfather replaced that section utilizing an old ivory piano key and did his best to recreate that part of the scene
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