Antique French Pomponne & Hand Painted Enamel Earrings ivy and twenty-one on the petals

and twenty-one on the petals of the flower

Marks: Silver mark

the rich dressed as rag-pickers and thieves

This fantastic snake necklace is one of the finest we have ever seen

Materials:  14K gold

Antique French Pomponne & Hand Painted Enamel Earrings ivy and twenty-one on the petalsHand painted miniature portraits were the predecessors of photographs. When there was no other way to record a likeness of someone, the miniatures were treasured and passed down in families. Some portrait miniatures were painted of a specific person, and others were of classic style beauties rather than a particular real person. Often, these pieces were made into jewelry and worn as decoration, such as our brooch. The Victorians loved romantic