RARE Antique French Revolution Portrait Miniature Pair, Military Officer, Wife, Tortoise Shell Pique Frame fire screen given it a wax and

given it a wax and you see some shine on the photos that will disappear in a day or two

and is trimmed out in berries and leaves around the upper rim

Alphonse GIROUX is a top name in 1800s' Paris

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RARE Antique French Revolution Portrait Miniature Pair, Military Officer, Wife, Tortoise Shell Pique Frame fire screen given it a wax andHere are a rare pair of hand painted and artist signed portraits on thin natural wafer wafer: a French military officer and his wife, at least we'll assume she is his wife. I don't know the military insignia and costumes well enough to tell you what office this gentleman holds, but the powdered wigs they both wear wear and other issues of style of clothing and all would lead us to believe they're 1780 1800 French. Experts? What we do know is that