Superb RARE French Empire Portrait Miniature Snuff Box, Mother and Baby, Child c.1810 Point de Saint-Cyr and a country church and

and a country church and buildings

Artist signed oil painting on stretched canvas

or was architect or military officer or Royal

delightful

and you see just the slightest rough spot or two along the seam

Superb RARE French Empire Portrait Miniature Snuff Box, Mother and Baby, Child c.1810 Point de Saint-Cyr and a country church andAgain, from my own collections, a gorgeous French Empire portrait miniature set into a tortoise shell box, whether snuff or bonbon, and kept as a lasting memento of this beautiful young mother and her baby. One of my favorites oh, they're all favorites, aren't they. Miniatures of children are rare, and babies, perhaps rarest of all. This little one's face is only 1 4" and yet you see the sweetness of her face. The mother wears the typical fashion of