A Box for the Beauty: Lovingly Crafted Box with Inset Early 19th C. Miniature Watercolor Portrait threaded handle This one pays tribute to

This one pays tribute to Fran Tarkenton--and to a "Good Man

do a fair amount of measuring

the "new" building

It evades being photographed well

A Box for the Beauty: Lovingly Crafted Box with Inset Early 19th C. Miniature Watercolor Portrait threaded handle This one pays tribute toOne 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.)