Antique Prussian or Russian Portrait Miniature of a Young Boy, Child, in Frame antique French sterling silver This one weighs 35 grams

This one weighs 35 grams

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Antique Prussian or Russian Portrait Miniature of a Young Boy, Child, in Frame antique French sterling silver This one weighs 35 gramsA while ago I bought a collection of c. 1700s to earliest 1800s portrait miniatures from a Russian estate, and this was one of those. This little boy had a little sister, painted by the same artist and in the same type of incised frame, and she was sold right away. Her brother, here offered, is as delightful, but is not in pristine condition. As you can see, the thin wafer upon which the artist has worked shows very fine hairlines. You don't