Antique 4.25" Tall Oval French Miniature Frame, Dore Bronze, Easel Stand or Hang stand but they're really the "maitrise"

but they're really the "maitrise" or test

made of horn and entirely hand decorated in thick gold enamel

all the same age as this fabulous though imperfect painting

One can fairly count on him being a student during the student uprisings

Overshot glass was made by rolling a partially or fully inflated gob of hot glass on finely ground shards of glass that had been placed on a steel plate called a marver

Antique 4.25" Tall Oval French Miniature Frame, Dore Bronze, Easel Stand or Hang stand but they're really the "maitrise"I have a zillion beautiful old French frames, and am finally beginning to work them up to sell. If you're wanting to put together a tabletop or piano or desk grouping of your favorite photos, these are splendid grouped in various sizes and shapes, all sold separately. Almost all are c. 1850 1880, "Napoleon III" era, mid Victorian in age. A few are earlier, none later. This one is a petit oval frame, charming bouquet and vase, rocaille top. Heavy