Antique HP French Portrait Miniature, Blond Child, Table Snuff Box, c.1820-40 gouache NOTE: Price adjusted to current

NOTE: Price adjusted to current melt value as of January 19

she is in gouache on wafer and housed under the original convex cover glass and her original French frame

or the V&A

the thimble and scissors have fared well through time

the interior on this one is a bit tattered for most purse collectors

Antique HP French Portrait Miniature, Blond Child, Table Snuff Box, c.1820-40 gouache NOTE: Price adjusted to currentA beautiful blond and blue eyed child's portrait in miniature, set into the lid of a large table snuff box. She's pretty, straight forward in gaze and dressed in a shirred bodice blue gown with puff sleeves. Perhaps the child of the artist. Portrait miniatures of children are quite rare, comparatively, and sometimes remain as memento of a child who was lost to illness in young years. Measurements always appear also on our photos. This box is a larger