SOLD Antique Silver, Turquoise & Hand Painted Enamel Portrait Brooch fly It continued for about 300

It continued for about 300 years

he is aiming his bow at someone who's just about to fall in love

Best of all

it is a super fine example of the Egyptian Revival period

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SOLD Antique Silver, Turquoise & Hand Painted Enamel Portrait Brooch fly It continued for about 300Hand painted miniature portraits were the predecessors of photographs. When there was no other way to record a likeness of someone, the miniatures were treasured and passed down in families. Some portrait miniatures were painted of a specific person, and others were of classic style beauties rather than a particular real person. Often, these pieces were made into jewelry and sold as souvenirs of a certain region, or to commemorate a holiday. This