Fine Antique French Portrait Miniature, Fashion & Exotic, Low Bodice, Cashmere Shawl and a Turban Hat LG Frame silver It's got an ornamental cartouche

It's got an ornamental cartouche which is an inset convex plaque of copper with wonderful kiln-fired enamel portrait of a boy and his dog

you see the tiny "585" mark on them that guarantees they are solid 14k gold

I also tested to be certain and it is 18k solid gold

Amazing considering their age

as is always done

Fine Antique French Portrait Miniature, Fashion & Exotic, Low Bodice, Cashmere Shawl and a Turban Hat LG Frame silver It's got an ornamental cartoucheI would suspect this is a lady whose sense of style was to the northern European countries taste, though her low bodice Empire gown is certainly the fashion of her era (earliest 1800s). The beautiful fabrics depicted as her wrap and her hat delight the eye, intrigue the viewer. A well accomplished artist who has not signed the work, yet has fine knowledge and treatment of anatomical study, light and drapery. She fairly inhabits the room as a 3 d