Antique Pair, Napoleon III Era French Portrait Miniature Couple, Oil Painting on Porcelain Plaque face screen I think more business came

I think more business came my way because one of these beauties opened easy conversation and I made so many contacts

From the Louis XV to Louis XVI reigns

The rear plaque a a carved panel with the entire array of figures and hunting accoutrement carved from one solid block of wood

There are very tiny punch marks we can't decipher and which our photographer missed capturing

Antique Pair, Napoleon III Era French Portrait Miniature Couple, Oil Painting on Porcelain Plaque face screen I think more business cameHeight of fashion for early to mid Victorian era, which of course in France was the Napoleon III era (c. 1848 70). This stunning fine pair of oil paintings on convex porcelain plaques capture the style of their time as well as superb likeness and expression. Her dress, in the Napoleon III red and black, links directly to the fashion icon, Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III (France's last emperor). The pair, excellently preserved, remain in their