A Box for the Beauty: Lovingly Crafted Box with Inset Early 19th C. Miniature Watercolor Portrait vintage still life with nice old nails at

with nice old nails at each point where the black painted pieces meet

My love to aunt N and L and all the rest

and then this fabulous paint job below

I love the look of these old measuring tapes in their old yellow and green paint

I think they elevated the kitschy medium of colored gravel to new heights

A Box for the Beauty: Lovingly Crafted Box with Inset Early 19th C. Miniature Watercolor Portrait vintage still life with nice old nails atOne 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.)