Antique French Portrait Miniature, Handsome Young Man w Mutton Chops #2, c.1830s soupier a prized pair and guaranteed

a prized pair and guaranteed to impress

Measurements are noted on the photos

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It's not loose

There is an ever so slight upward bend to the lid panel but it still closes and locks

Antique French Portrait Miniature, Handsome Young Man w Mutton Chops #2, c.1830s soupier a prized pair and guaranteedI feel certain this is a brother to another portrait miniature we've just sold, from the same estate and in the same silk velvet covered frame. The mutton chop sideburns were fashionable c. 1830, which is when this young man's portrait would have been made. A tall collar coat with black tie and what appears to be a garnet brooch at lapel, his hair swept up in the manner popular in his youth. Nearly 200 years ago, this young man lived and loved