Antique French Portrait Miniature, Handsome Young Blond Man in Blue Coat, c.1790 to 1829 Vernette One of two I'll be

One of two I'll be listing today

and I wonder if it was not a gift

according to the opaline glass dedication that is mounted within

I've included several enlarged photos of this one

No dents that I can see and the clasp works just fine

Antique French Portrait Miniature, Handsome Young Blond Man in Blue Coat, c.1790 to 1829 Vernette One of two I'll beA beautiful green eyed blond boy, young man, c. 1810, I think, but he could be as early as c. 1790. One can fairly count on him being a student during the student uprisings, and yet his haircut might be considered the Royalist 'guillotine cut' or 'Titus', which was a fashion sported by those whose family or leaders met the guillotine in The Terror, c. 1770s. Blonds aren't often found. These frames date that early and aspects of his dress and hair