Antique Prussian or Russian Portrait Miniature of a Young Boy, Child, in Frame antique French sterling silver whom he surely knew personally

whom he surely knew personally

as so many of these old ones are

Beautifully preserved

The lining is loose from the top and seems to only go about half-way the depth of the purse

and also to the old case

Antique Prussian or Russian Portrait Miniature of a Young Boy, Child, in Frame antique French sterling silver whom he surely knew personallyA while ago I bought a collection of c. 1700s to earliest 1800s portrait miniatures from a Russian estate, and this was one of those. This little boy had a little sister, painted by the same artist and in the same type of incised frame, and she was sold right away. Her brother, here offered, is as delightful, but is not in pristine condition. As you can see, the thin wafer upon which the artist has worked shows very fine hairlines. You don't