SOLD Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of Lovely Woman in White and Blue, Presumed French mid-century west German pottery Everything in photos included

Everything in photos included

kept by a Gladys (aka Kitty

I don't know much about the origins of this vintage handmade painted papier mache and cloth Punch doll/puppet

but only the early ones

the stain is a little lighter behind it from the way the rest has aged

SOLD Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of Lovely Woman in White and Blue, Presumed French mid-century west German pottery Everything in photos includedI am not a great expert on portrait miniatures, but am pretty certain this one, of a lovely young woman in empire gown and high ruffled collar, is French, c 1810s 20s. Curiously, it seems as if the painter preferred painting patterned fabric to rendering a hand at bottom, though what looks like the edge of a sleeve cuff peeks out to the right, so perhaps there is a story there maybe our sitter lost a hand, who knows? There is a little damage loss to