Framed marble bas-relief of Edith Nicolls

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A framed, marble bas-relief of Edith Nicolls, wife of Lieutenant Vernon O. Nicolls. The relief is has been carved from white marble that has been mounted on a dark red velvet mat. The relief is roughly square in shape and depicts the face, neck and top of the shoulders of Edith Nicolls. Nicolls has her hair up and she is smiling. The relief and mat are housed in a white, gold speckled frame with a gold accented floral motif band decorating the front of the frame. The back of the frame is black coated cardboard with a two way easel stand and a silver-toned sawtooth picture hanger at the top edge. A white sticker attached to back of frame has black, handwritten text that reads, [E[---?] Gloria Nicolls / ROME ITALY / 1948].

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