Antique French Portrait Miniature, Napoleon III Era, Gentleman with Mustache, Impressionist and Bow Top Frame sewing brushes with beautiful sterling pique

brushes with beautiful sterling pique inlay and all in the original opulent fitted storage and/or presentation box

Fabulous along with your opaline egg collection or paired with your eglomise views of Paris' architectural icons

very heavy

and were made in France

An amazing little scent caddy

Antique French Portrait Miniature, Napoleon III Era, Gentleman with Mustache, Impressionist and Bow Top Frame sewing brushes with beautiful sterling piqueYou can definitely see the French Impressionist movement influence in this later 1800s hand painted (artist signed) portrait miniature. Both in the colorful treatment of the background, loose strokes, and in the gentleman's portrait, itself. A less formal and more representative depiction, not just of a dignitary, but of a more common man. This is one I found in France, disbursed from a family collection there and while we don't know who he is or the