Antique French Portrait Miniature, Handsome Young Man w Mutton Chops #2, c.1830s soupier The statue or fixture is

The statue or fixture is in fine shape

I think the stylus which would have been a metal pointed piece has been replaced with a later era pencil of wood

I've owned this bag for 20-30 years

The enamel powders are various shades of muddy mauve

Antique French Portrait Miniature, Handsome Young Man w Mutton Chops #2, c.1830s soupier The statue or fixture isI feel certain this is a brother to another portrait miniature we've just sold, from the same estate and in the same silk velvet covered frame. The mutton chop sideburns were fashionable c. 1830, which is when this young man's portrait would have been made. A tall collar coat with black tie and what appears to be a garnet brooch at lapel, his hair swept up in the manner popular in his youth. Nearly 200 years ago, this young man lived and loved