RARE Antique French Revolution Portrait Miniature Pair, Military Officer, Wife, Tortoise Shell Pique Frame fire screen 5" long and 4

5" long and 4

1902 Patent date Art Nouveau pattern was a huge hit in the Belle Epoch

this one was a surprise

and is trimmed out in berries and leaves around the upper rim

scythe and rake

RARE Antique French Revolution Portrait Miniature Pair, Military Officer, Wife, Tortoise Shell Pique Frame fire screen 5" long and 4Here are a rare pair of hand painted and artist signed portraits on thin natural wafer wafer: a French military officer and his wife, at least we'll assume she is his wife. I don't know the military insignia and costumes well enough to tell you what office this gentleman holds, but the powdered wigs they both wear wear and other issues of style of clothing and all would lead us to believe they're 1780 1800 French. Experts? What we do know is that