Regal Woman in Empire Dress and Jewels, Lovely Georgian Portrait Miniature on Bone table snuff box combined with the fact that

combined with the fact that it has endured

just as found

I paid a good bit for this one as far as small carved whimsies go

I purchased this and a second painting (of the SS Martha’s Vineyard) at an auction in New Hampshire

This is the second of these wonderful old push button boxing toys I've found--how to resist

Regal Woman in Empire Dress and Jewels, Lovely Georgian Portrait Miniature on Bone table snuff box combined with the fact thatI look at a lot of portrait miniatures, passing by most and with the ones I really like usually far beyond my means, but happily this regal beauty both won me immediately and I was able to buy her right, so here she is, to my eye just wonderful. Early 1800s, painted on bone in brass frame, which compliments the gold of her jewels and her white Empire gown with blue sash perfectly. With wonderful detailing on her braided up do, and golden earrings and