Antique French Miniature Portrait Gilt Bronze Jewelry Box 14k gold diamond brooch The motifs include classical flower

The motifs include classical flower filled baskets and garland swags

Fitch-Wray was soon approached by a group of Costa Mesa women who wanted art lessons

wear/discoloration and fraying to the fabric interior as shown

Pearls are high quality and beautiful

absorbing and painting the land of the Canadian Rockies

Antique French Miniature Portrait Gilt Bronze Jewelry Box 14k gold diamond brooch The motifs include classical flowerAntique Belle Epoque era French gilt bronze trinket box featuring a miniature portrait of a lady in a feather plumed hat. The gouache portrait is small rendering of Adelaide Labille Guiard's 1788 portrait of Louise Elisabeth de France, the Duchess of Parma. Housed under glass and signed Hallais. The box is quatrefoil shaped with concave sides, intricately decorated with ornate details such as appliques of scrolling acanthus and flowers, on a textured