Woman with Cross and Blue Velvet Cape, 19th C Watercolor Portrait in Period Frame double vase I am not sure the

I am not sure the maker

and it was really beautifully carved

but might later consider breaking up if I can't sell as a group

its weighing 22 pounds did nothing to deter me

A marvelous antique folk art box

Woman with Cross and Blue Velvet Cape, 19th C Watercolor Portrait in Period Frame double vase I am not sure theThe more time I spend with this portrait the more I love it, and love her a bit of a homely woman, perhaps, who doesn't look especially glad to be having her portrait painted, but such is clearly part of her lot in life as a woman of means, and she looks as if used to enduring things she doesn't especially like! 1820s 30s would be my guess based especially on her cape, bodice and hair style, beautifully housed in what I might guess is her original