Antique Napoleon to Louis-Philippe Portrait Miniature of a Handsome French Man in Napoleon Haircut Composit style but to find one without

but to find one without so much as a hairline across the glass panels - these are back-painted glass (eglomise)

It does not impact the view of the miniature as it's to outer borders and not at top and bottom

I've worn this one on a gold chain

some with varying shapes or styles and so there's the method we used

Fabulous antique Victorian era Dieppe style 3

Antique Napoleon to Louis-Philippe Portrait Miniature of a Handsome French Man in Napoleon Haircut Composit style but to find one withoutThe face on this handsome gentleman fairly glows, and when you take it out of the frame, you notice it is backed with silver and perhaps copper or gold paint, to reflect light up through the face. Nicely framed, I can tell you it must have been trimmed from the original slightly larger oval in order to fit this frame. Still, no way you'll know that without me telling you, as it displays perfectly well in the same period frame you see. I can date him