Antique Prussian or Russian Portrait Miniature of a Young Boy, Child, in Frame antique French sterling silver in very good condition

in very good condition

The look of needlepoint and finer petitpoint (figures)

and also to the old case

The lining is loose from the top and seems to only go about half-way the depth of the purse

and gradually were developed into being containers when a stopper was added to protect and add to the longevity of the ink

Antique Prussian or Russian Portrait Miniature of a Young Boy, Child, in Frame antique French sterling silver in very good conditionA while ago I bought a collection of c. 1700s to earliest 1800s portrait miniatures from a Russian estate, and this was one of those. This little boy had a little sister, painted by the same artist and in the same type of incised frame, and she was sold right away. Her brother, here offered, is as delightful, but is not in pristine condition. As you can see, the thin wafer upon which the artist has worked shows very fine hairlines. You don't