SOLD Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of Lovely Woman in White and Blue, Presumed French black glass pin cube with every inch of the

with every inch of the story readable

most of them labelled with their names-- I'm sure each grouping representing the inhabitants of the wonderfully detailed houses they are framed below

and what I'd guess are composition shoes

Links are about 1 7/8" long each

inscribed as a gift to a Miss Charlotte Wetherbee from her instructress

SOLD Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of Lovely Woman in White and Blue, Presumed French black glass pin cube with every inch of theI am not a great expert on portrait miniatures, but am pretty certain this one, of a lovely young woman in empire gown and high ruffled collar, is French, c 1810s 20s. Curiously, it seems as if the painter preferred painting patterned fabric to rendering a hand at bottom, though what looks like the edge of a sleeve cuff peeks out to the right, so perhaps there is a story there maybe our sitter lost a hand, who knows? There is a little damage loss to