A GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BOITE-A-MINIATURE
PROBABLY SPANISH, CIRCA 1810-15
Tortoiseshell box with polished gold mounts, set with a portrait miniature of a lady in blue spotted muslin, salmon and black trim, coral necklace, bracelet and earrings, curled hair decorated with pink roses, holding a rose in her right hand, a fan in her left, seated in an interior
3 1/8 in. (77 mm.) diam.
the miniature on ivory, tortoiseshell box
A GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BOITE-A-MINIATURE
PROBABLY SPANISH, CIRCA 1810-15
Tortoiseshell box with polished gold mounts, set with a portrait miniature of a lady in blue spotted muslin, salmon and black trim, coral necklace, bracelet and earrings, curled hair decorated with pink roses, holding a rose in her right hand, a fan in her left, seated in an interior
3 1/8 in. (77 mm.) diam.
the miniature on ivory, tortoiseshell box
