Antique French Portrait Miniature, Young Pre-Teenage Boy, Gutta Percha Frame Staffordshire I'm sure it will find

I'm sure it will find a home quickly

along with the French Empire

The copper/bronze patina is beautifully preserved

giving great variations in how it can be worn

Looking very closely at this one

Antique French Portrait Miniature, Young Pre-Teenage Boy, Gutta Percha Frame Staffordshire I'm sure it will findThe frame is as valuable as the painting on this old one, and represents one of the few very early gutta percha frames made. Not to dismiss the hand painted portrait, mind you, as he is a sweet c. 1839 or 1859 (signature) boy in a too large suit, probably his father's jacket. His youth is obvious, probably about 10 13, and hair is neatly cut in a style popular in 1840 50, so we agree the painting is about that date, both for his image and for the