RARE Antique French Revolution Portrait Miniature Pair, Military Officer, Wife, Tortoise Shell Pique Frame fire screen If you're handy

If you're handy

The clock face with a carved rosette at the center and convex enamel on copper numeral plaques

The outer frame is 4

note that her very elaborate hair style parts into 3 sections

The pale green and thick heavy glass bowl of the vase is also without damage

RARE Antique French Revolution Portrait Miniature Pair, Military Officer, Wife, Tortoise Shell Pique Frame fire screen If you're handyHere are a rare pair of hand painted and artist signed portraits on thin natural wafer wafer: a French military officer and his wife, at least we'll assume she is his wife. I don't know the military insignia and costumes well enough to tell you what office this gentleman holds, but the powdered wigs they both wear wear and other issues of style of clothing and all would lead us to believe they're 1780 1800 French. Experts? What we do know is that