Bright Eyed, Blushing, Very Full of Spirit Child in Ruffled Collar, Small 18th/Early 19th Century Portrait in Lemon Gold Frame blue and purple It is an early CDV

It is an early CDV

sturdy and sound and completely functional

and holding it in one's hands is to feel rather as if at sea oneself

The copper cover is really lovely

a split in the lid of the box

Bright Eyed, Blushing, Very Full of Spirit Child in Ruffled Collar, Small 18th/Early 19th Century Portrait in Lemon Gold Frame blue and purple It is an early CDVTotal love for this portrait. I paid near what I'm asking for it, but for me the face of this child (a boy I believe) holds pretty much the whole world in it curiosity, and perceptiveness, and eagerness, and perhaps a bit of mischief too completely alive with spirit. The subject also seems much less like a "child" than a complex, full fledged person! And radiant, those pink cheeks feeling as if truly blushing from within. Maybe this won't strike