Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame antique chocolate mug the warmth of its patina

the warmth of its patina and the care invested in its making are all the more palpable

No mark on it that I can see

the metal shows some age as one would want it to

The head rotates a bit if one tries

who in his younger days built the stair case at the Lancaster

Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame antique chocolate mug the warmth of its patinaThe flat sky aqua blue ground on this c. 1840 miniature portrait painting really does it for me, combined with its perfect housing, as it always has been, in this 1 6th plate daguerreotype case, the gold foiled mat of which really makes his gold watch chain pop. To me he looks like a banker, keen and steady and perhaps a bit smug about some wise investments, too and quietly plotting what's next! The small water stain running from his eye to the edge