19th C. Diminutive Portrait of Lovely Young Woman in Rose on Tin in Repousse Frame place for hanging keys 6 1/4" l x 2

6 1/4" l x 2 7/8 " t x 7/8" thick and in very good vintage condition

Signed at lower left and also on reverse

I love a good hand

with its little holes all along the points of the star on one side for releasing gas--as well as a mark on it with the word "Gas"

19th C. Diminutive Portrait of Lovely Young Woman in Rose on Tin in Repousse Frame place for hanging keys 6 1/4" l x 2So many charming 19th c. portrait paintings of lovely ladies to admire, this young woman in rose and cream very finely painted on tin, though she looks as if she might might have as easily landed on the lid of a snuff box. Wonderful details, wonderful face, clearly posed and poised to delight. In what I believe is likely the frame where she has always lived, to which the tin is tacked in the corners by tiny tails, then backed by board. I believe 1840s