Antique French Portrait Miniature, Young Pre-Teenage Boy, Gutta Percha Frame Staffordshire giving great variations in how

giving great variations in how it can be worn

The copper/bronze patina is beautifully preserved

but with a sidelong light as we've used for the photos

it is over 9" tall with the tumbler in place up top

Antique French Portrait Miniature, Young Pre-Teenage Boy, Gutta Percha Frame Staffordshire giving great variations in howThe frame is as valuable as the painting on this old one, and represents one of the few very early gutta percha frames made. Not to dismiss the hand painted portrait, mind you, as he is a sweet c. 1839 or 1859 (signature) boy in a too large suit, probably his father's jacket. His youth is obvious, probably about 10 13, and hair is neatly cut in a style popular in 1840 50, so we agree the painting is about that date, both for his image and for the