Superb c.1780-1800 Portrait Miniature Pendant, Locket, Hair Art 14k - 15k Gold fish The birds carved on top

The birds carved on top of the large center box (for quill pens

this brilliant watercolor portrait in its original frame must surely have been a fine French aristocrat dressed for hunt or horse racing event

the fact that it's a double and the way it shimmers that really gets you

Longstanding tradition in France

attached to it are two paper segments with handwritten script

Superb c.1780-1800 Portrait Miniature Pendant, Locket, Hair Art 14k - 15k Gold fish The birds carved on topIn an oyster style heavy locket pendant, there is hair worked in an interesting way. There're 4 flattened plaitingis in a crossover pattern, set under heavy polished cover glass. The front panel is also heavy glass and covers a magnificent hand painted portrait of a gentleman with long lace collar. A clergyman perhaps or a councilor, attorney, scholar. The painting is so remarkable considering the small size of it. Look at the fine detail. All the