Antique French Portrait Miniature c.1830s Sensuous Dark Beauty in Velvet Slouch Cap perfume bottle The painting is identified as

The painting is identified as Mme Marie-Louise Boucher (or perhaps Bouchet)

A paper maker label on an inside divider reads "Halstaff and Hannaford

950 silver content (higher than the

perfect as desk top decorative pieces to accentuate a similarly enameled jewelry casket

Antique French Portrait Miniature c.1830s Sensuous Dark Beauty in Velvet Slouch Cap perfume bottle The painting is identified asIsn't she superb! Amber eyed brunette beauty with her black velvet gown and slash of red in her turban or slouch velvet hat, trimmed in silver or beadwork. Demure in the way only a midi teenager can be, yet a full on question of a gaze which resonates these 200 years later. She is spectacular! Still sealed to her vellum backing, she is in gouache on wafer and housed under the original convex cover glass and her original French frame. Measurements are