Antique French Grand Tour Souvenir Snuff or Patch Box, Portrait Miniature of Marie-Antoinette, Signed Wood frame A handsome man

A handsome man

I've always loved these sweet little c

further memento to their intertwining lives and love

She is covered by the original convex cover glass

She has the most soulful huge brown eyes

Antique French Grand Tour Souvenir Snuff or Patch Box, Portrait Miniature of Marie-Antoinette, Signed Wood frame A handsome manSnuff or patch box, Grand Tour souvenir variety from the Victorian or Napoleon III era, c. 1850 70s. The portrait miniature is the type that would have been painted "aprs", or after a famous painting of this historical figure, and whose likeness was popular after a visit to Versailles or the Louvre, Paris. The form on this one is typically thought to have been a snuff box, or a box that might have come with a rosary inside, probably also ivory beaded.