Antique French Portrait Miniature, Pencil Sketch, Drawing, Matron, Alph. GIROUX Frame Clodion bronze I see no chips at

I see no chips at all

and a few blank pages

One horn has a chip (view images) Remarkable to find any of these with so little loss

fitted to the interior of a grand sewing box

some discoloration here and there

Antique French Portrait Miniature, Pencil Sketch, Drawing, Matron, Alph. GIROUX Frame Clodion bronze I see no chips atAlphonse GIROUX is a top name in 1800s' Paris, for fine frames, boxes, all manner of goods. Located at 7, rue du Coq, St. Honor, which even now is the row of shops of designers, top end goods in Paris. GIROUX was the same, and anything with that name was known at finest quality, extra merit. So it is with this matron's pencil portrait, likely done on commission through GIROUX. She counts as a portrait miniature, and I cannot read the French on back in