Antique French Portrait Miniature c.1830s Sensuous Dark Beauty in Velvet Slouch Cap perfume bottle enters slightly to view in

enters slightly to view in frame

JUST in time for the Holidays

Meant for use as a jewelry box after its rich contents were consumed

Either Bohemian or Moser likely

But this is heavy slab marble set into a generous framework of bronze or brass/bronze alloy

Antique French Portrait Miniature c.1830s Sensuous Dark Beauty in Velvet Slouch Cap perfume bottle enters slightly to view inIsn't she superb! Amber eyed brunette beauty with her black velvet gown and slash of red in her turban or slouch velvet hat, trimmed in silver or beadwork. Demure in the way only a midi teenager can be, yet a full on question of a gaze which resonates these 200 years later. She is spectacular! Still sealed to her vellum backing, she is in gouache on wafer and housed under the original convex cover glass and her original French frame. Measurements are