Antique French Dore Bronze Snuff Box with Portrait Miniature, Like Marie-Antoinette w Big Hat dressing Full measurements are noted on

Full measurements are noted on the photos for your review

You see the mask of a devil hanging there at doorframe's top

the figures are companions though not exact matches

Paris circa 1847-1874

Antique French Dore Bronze Snuff Box with Portrait Miniature, Like Marie-Antoinette w Big Hat dressing Full measurements are noted onHeavy gilded or 'dore' bronze oval snuff or patch, bonbon surmounted by a hand painted miniature painting, a portrait of a figure who might be slightly stylized Marie Antoinette. Beautifully crafted, entirely lined in natural shell, the painting still protected under its slightly convex and polished cover glass. In the manner of late 1700s snuffs, but I sense it is into the early 19th century, instead. Full measurements are noted on our photos. Very