Antique French Limoges Enamel on Copper Plaque Smoking Cavalier Miniature Portrait Painting Clovis Edmond Masson scrolling foliate and florals

scrolling foliate and florals

Palais Royal

An antique 19th century French sterling silver 6 piece dessert serving set housed in the original presentation box

The box is oval shaped

Measures 8 1/4" height x 7 3/4" length from handle to spout x 4 5/8" wide

Antique French Limoges Enamel on Copper Plaque Smoking Cavalier Miniature Portrait Painting Clovis Edmond Masson scrolling foliate and floralsImportant late 19th century French Limoges painted enamel on copper plaque, dated 1898. The miniature portrait depicting a cavalier smoking a pipe, after a genre painting by German artist Albert Friedrich Schrder. Executed by painter MG under the workshop direction of Thophile Soyer (French, 18531940). Housed in its original Louis XVI style gilt bronze easel frame. The portrait depicts an elegant 17th century cavalier with long reddish hair seated