Young Woman in Gold with Butterfly, Verre Eglomise Miniature, c. 1830s wall holder folded and cut from card

folded and cut from card weight paper and tied with a ribbon on the back

satisfying in the hand

This beauty was clearly painted for the delectation of a male

The perfect stylish party ashtray

making it strong and sturdy

Young Woman in Gold with Butterfly, Verre Eglomise Miniature, c. 1830s wall holder folded and cut from cardThis is a reverse glass painted (verre glomis) miniature engraving in original gold toned (brass I believe) frame, c. 1830s and French. One sees the lids of French patch boxes and bon bon containers executed in this manner, but this appears only to have ever been a portrait, with original papered reverse enclosed by the teeth of the frame. And with the golden butterfly at her shoulder the hinge of the painting, rationalizing the revealing concealing,