SOLD Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of Lovely Woman in White and Blue, Presumed French mid-century west German pottery kept by a Gladys (aka

kept by a Gladys (aka Kitty

I don't know much about the origins of this vintage handmade painted papier mache and cloth Punch doll/puppet

One more of these mid 19th c

Perhaps the painter who used this palette made paintings on board that they rested right on it

SOLD Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of Lovely Woman in White and Blue, Presumed French mid-century west German pottery kept by a Gladys (akaI am not a great expert on portrait miniatures, but am pretty certain this one, of a lovely young woman in empire gown and high ruffled collar, is French, c 1810s 20s. Curiously, it seems as if the painter preferred painting patterned fabric to rendering a hand at bottom, though what looks like the edge of a sleeve cuff peeks out to the right, so perhaps there is a story there maybe our sitter lost a hand, who knows? There is a little damage loss to