Antique French Hand Painted Portrait Miniature, Woman with Book, Mme Du Barry tantalus this hand carved wood Black

this hand carved wood Black Forest gnome is in remarkably nice condition apart from old evidence of the natural wood worm exit from the wood used

The full length of Hermes signature ribbon and the original Hermes box shown in the listing do not go with this pair and were shown only for ambiance

Neither plate has any chips or cracks

The hallmarks

The Napoleonic eagle and "N" markings around the borders

Antique French Hand Painted Portrait Miniature, Woman with Book, Mme Du Barry tantalus this hand carved wood BlackThis is noted on back as being Mme Du Barry, here in a casual pose with a book and an informal yellow gown with lace bodice scarf. The extra large size is impressive (see our final image) and three is no loss or damage to the painting. The painting is signed to the far right edge at the 3 o'clock position, but I can't make it out. It's shown very large and clearly for your review. I suspect this is a copy "apres" reproduction of a more full sized