SOLD Antique Miniature Hand-colored Engraved Portrait of Fancy Woman in Fancy Frame autumn leaves This is a pretty terrific

This is a pretty terrific little grasshopper sculpture

Good condition

6" long x 5 3/4" tall x 3" wide

they are super dramatic at the center of the dinner table

but overall great condition

SOLD Antique Miniature Hand-colored Engraved Portrait of Fancy Woman in Fancy Frame autumn leaves This is a pretty terrificThis beauty! At first I took her for a watercolor, but close inspection reveals her to be a hand colored engraving, and while I am not an expert on miniature portraiture, I believe, based on some research, that she dates to the early 19th century or so which is also when ringlets like hers very in vogue. From what I have read, many painters of miniature portraits were also engravers and worked in both medium both certainly requiring quite a lot of