Young Woman in Gold with Butterfly, Verre Eglomise Miniature, c. 1830s black cow Both hand-colored

Both hand-colored

a few tiny touches of white paint to the hoods of the pansies

an old center fold

which plays nicely with the repair

with 4 holes evenly spaced around the top perimeter

Young Woman in Gold with Butterfly, Verre Eglomise Miniature, c. 1830s black cow Both hand-coloredThis is a reverse glass painted (verre glomis) miniature engraving in original gold toned (brass I believe) frame, c. 1830s and French. One sees the lids of French patch boxes and bon bon containers executed in this manner, but this appears only to have ever been a portrait, with original papered reverse enclosed by the teeth of the frame. And with the golden butterfly at her shoulder the hinge of the painting, rationalizing the revealing concealing,