Antique French c.1750 Portrait Miniature, Woman with Parrot, Tortoise Shell Snuff Box, 18k Gold Frame Young boy portrait and that red edging

and that red edging

5" tall when closed

no cracks or breaks

This is one of those paintings whose eyes and gaze follows you whether you're to the left of it or to the right

Pierre Francois Eugene GIRAUD (Paris 1806-1881)

Antique French c.1750 Portrait Miniature, Woman with Parrot, Tortoise Shell Snuff Box, 18k Gold Frame Young boy portrait and that red edgingA charming old one, mid 1700s, this portrait was made and given in friendship or affection, according to the opaline glass dedication that is mounted within. She's mounted on top of a snuff box of fine old tortoise shell, and her pet parrot (or exotic bird) perches on her bodice. So much to love about this rare old one. I've always watched for portraits of people with their pets, and often from c. 1700s France, that pet will be a bird. Some tethered