Antique French Miniature Portrait in Fine Dore Bronze Frame - Mme de Montesson cross another pair and a larger

another pair and a larger set of four and they all look lovely displayed together

it's actually a single inkwell with the other left side a removable sander as was more often found in the pieces dating to the 18th to early 19th century pieces

Very slight discoloration

the polished brass framework is very fine

Antique French Miniature Portrait in Fine Dore Bronze Frame - Mme de Montesson cross another pair and a largerMme. de Montesson, the lovely young woman subject of our early to mid 1800s hand painted miniature portrait offered here, was the mistress of Duc d'Orleans, Louis Philippe d'Orleans. The painting is styled after, I believe, a c. 1760 painting of her by Guillaume VOIRIOT, which was called "Femme a' sa Toilette". I've included a couple of views of Mme de Montesson, the combination of which may have been the source. She wears the same outfit and holds a