French Oil Painting, Fruits of the Hunt, Artist Signed, dated 1818, no Frame hairs art The charming portrait of an

The charming portrait of an early 1800s English childhood

The black painted sticks are tipped with a small white opaline bead (one missing) and the criss-crossing of sticks forms the framework and handle for this wonderful pair

It displays beautifully and has no chips or cracks of note

Thiers" marked steel blades

and it's radiant with pearlescent shimmer

French Oil Painting, Fruits of the Hunt, Artist Signed, dated 1818, no Frame hairs art The charming portrait of anSuch a beauty! And very old. Artist signed oil painting on stretched canvas, dated 1818. "H de Folleville", possibly. You can try to make out the signature which we've enlarged in our photos. A forest scene in vignette, and the day's hunt (dinner) captured in a very opulent composition, indeed. Elegant kitchen painting, really early 19th century oil painting, a sporting scene with the hunt theme typically referred to as "nature morte", a still life