Antique c.1730-50 French Portrait Miniature in Original Leather Case, Etui thermometer we conserve in ways that

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Antique c.1730-50 French Portrait Miniature in Original Leather Case, Etui thermometer we conserve in ways thatA very early 1700s portrait, this, housed in the original leather case, etui, and still in remarkably good condition. These in cases like this were not ordinarily covered with a cover glass. This one is original in that state, as well. I'm always surprised that artists have not signed their work, but in fact an artist was just a workman in that era, and had no discernible right to an ego. True enough for most, and particularly for most whose business