Antique 18th Century Portrait Miniatures (4) Family, English Military Officer Guard of Napoleon at Death clamp spool Locket front framed in by

Locket front framed in by a border of impossibly tiny seed pearls

clear and crisp

So much so

During the 19th century

all that color against the Napoleon III era's popular 'ebonized' finished wood makes it feel more like a jewel than a box

Antique 18th Century Portrait Miniatures (4) Family, English Military Officer Guard of Napoleon at Death clamp spool Locket front framed in byAn interesting historical grouping of some brothers and a sister, family: Crokat, of Scotland, beautifully crafted in later 1700s, except the soldier in red which was painted early 1800s. The brother bottom center is painted before he fought Napoleon's armies, and well before he served as officer overseeing troops at Elba, guarding Napoleon. He was in attendance when Napoleon died, and is noted in history as having been there and also taken some small