RARE c.180-1810 French Empire Portrait Miniature, a Beauty in Tiara, fine Shagreen Case, Lamp base It's the heavenly star to

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RARE c.180-1810 French Empire Portrait Miniature, a Beauty in Tiara, fine Shagreen Case, Lamp base It's the heavenly star toA rare piece, this one in the original c. 1800 portrait etui, case, in superb shagreen (belly leather from the stingray, popular c. 1750 1820), A young beauty, so magnificently done, we can enlarge her face and see her as if she were a large wall portrait, yet that face is only about 3 4" in height. She has soulful eyes, the typical hair style of the Napoleonic French Empire, and a tiara and earrings. She wears an Empire gown and we're able to date