Antique Watercolor Portrait Gentleman in Tails, Cravat, Gilt Shadow Frame 13 1/4" x 11" bread and 4 jewelry compartments with

and 4 jewelry compartments with lids

This one weighs 35 grams and is in fine condition as you can see from the images

some with "EC" for Edouard Corvasier

it is a remarkably appealing painting with its haunting 'grisaille' or 'grey-tones' palette

The set includes 12pc 9 7/8" dinner knives

Antique Watercolor Portrait Gentleman in Tails, Cravat, Gilt Shadow Frame 13 1/4" x 11" bread and 4 jewelry compartments withDating c. 1880s, this brilliant watercolor portrait in its original frame must surely have been a fine French aristocrat dressed for hunt or horse racing event. Long sporting tail coat, jodhpurs (riding pants) and the top of a riding crop in his gloved hand. Artist signed, and I would have to guess, "A Lebraun Dervais". I'm not positive I've read it right. Framed elegantly, too, in a shadow box frame that has about 1" depth and a cover glass still in