A Box for the Beauty: Lovingly Crafted Box with Inset Early 19th C. Miniature Watercolor Portrait chest of drawers guides to the heavens (complete

guides to the heavens (complete with hilarious star maps) and faux-astrological advisements for each month of the year (i

later 20th century I believe

4 1/2” x 3 1/4” x 1 13/16” t

Some darkening around the rim of the plate

A Box for the Beauty: Lovingly Crafted Box with Inset Early 19th C. Miniature Watercolor Portrait chest of drawers guides to the heavens (completeOne of my very favorite Brimfield finds how fabulous is she?!!! But what makes this especially special is that the watercolor portrait miniature (c. 1830s I believe, and I'd guess French) and was beloved enough for someone to build a whole box around her, investing that box with much love and care. (I presume the portrait lost its original frame somewhere along the way and this box was made later, and likely later still lined with gold satin.)