Antique French Devotional Portrait of Christ on 4.75" Porcelain Plaque, 8" Gilt Reticulated Frame pocket knife I can tell the needle

I can tell the needle or bodkin item is a replacement and not the original because it doesn't perfectly fit the carved compartment

superb period piece with its original silk velvet interior

The child is protected under flat glass or I'd wonder if perhaps the slight disruption might have been tears

so will just say it may or may not and might need cleaning (seems quite dusty

We're offering it as 'antique to vintage' after an 18th century item and at decorator pricing

Antique French Devotional Portrait of Christ on 4.75" Porcelain Plaque, 8" Gilt Reticulated Frame pocket knife I can tell the needleFantastic, large antique French Victorian or Napoleon III era hand painted portrait of Jesus Christ on a 4 3 4" convex porcelain plaque: thorn crown, eyes cast toward heaven and displayed in the original ornate reticulated 7 7 8" reticulated bronze frame! Exceptional! We think it's French but could be another European country. The back of the porcelain is signed though I can't quite make it out, there are also impressed markings that appear to be "12