Antique c.1740-50s HP Portrait Miniature of a Beautiful Woman, Ukraine Estate, Ottoman Empire Face screen Looks beautiful closed and simply

Looks beautiful closed and simply elegant and opulent when opened

but it's got a wonderful set of boxes

Kiln-fired enamel (black) and fine seed pearls on three

dedication on the cross (made of hair

Antique c.1740-50s HP Portrait Miniature of a Beautiful Woman, Ukraine Estate, Ottoman Empire Face screen Looks beautiful closed and simplyBuying antiques out of Russia is problematic. I have a grouping of 3 from a family, sold out of Ukraine, that span nearly a century. This is the first, and the earliest of those (offering selling separate). In her time, it was known as a Cossack Republic, though boundaries moved and changed. The Ottoman Empire, Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, Austria Hungary and Russia, all claimed and covered the Ukraine over time. I do not have a name for this