Young Woman in Gold with Butterfly, Verre Eglomise Miniature, c. 1830s black cow with 4 holes evenly spaced

with 4 holes evenly spaced around the top perimeter

a few tiny touches of white paint to the hoods of the pansies

Circling her around the sides of the box are a reclining nude

The backside of the frame shows that it was framed by Foster Brothers on Boylston St

with worm trails visible across the flattened face of the nose

Young Woman in Gold with Butterfly, Verre Eglomise Miniature, c. 1830s black cow with 4 holes evenly spacedThis is a reverse glass painted (verre glomis) miniature engraving in original gold toned (brass I believe) frame, c. 1830s and French. One sees the lids of French patch boxes and bon bon containers executed in this manner, but this appears only to have ever been a portrait, with original papered reverse enclosed by the teeth of the frame. And with the golden butterfly at her shoulder the hinge of the painting, rationalizing the revealing concealing,