Antique c.1740-50s HP Portrait Miniature of a Beautiful Woman, Ukraine Estate, Ottoman Empire Face screen The silver stringing and brass

The silver stringing and brass cartouche on the outside are icing on the cake

These early Grand Tour souvenirs are more and more difficult to find in fine form

25" wrist or smaller

Fournisseur de S

and that his black beaver top hat likely rests beside him

Antique c.1740-50s HP Portrait Miniature of a Beautiful Woman, Ukraine Estate, Ottoman Empire Face screen The silver stringing and brassBuying 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