Rare Fine c.1795-99 Portrait Miniature, Incoyables Young Man, Luxuriants post French Revolution, Directoire deer The silver is marked with

The silver is marked with a French Minerve #1

long after both Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette had met their ill-fated end at the start of the French Revolution

and we think it is British in origin

No signature of artist

1840s papier mâché face screen

Rare Fine c.1795-99 Portrait Miniature, Incoyables Young Man, Luxuriants post French Revolution, Directoire deer The silver is marked withSuperb portrait miniature, "Incroyables et Merveilleuses" the slightly smug face of a spoiled rich fashionable Parisian making political statement. An exquisite but unsigned French portrait miniature, handsome gray topper wig, dog ears fashion which along with the massive cravat and jaunty striped vest, sets him squarely into the "Incroyables", c. 1795 1799. this brown eyed young man who wears an elaborate white cravat with gold pin, and the ribbon of