Wonderful Antique Portrait of Woman in Green on Tin pottery face and then 1917

and then 1917

Records show that Dorothy and her brother Paul

I purchased this piece from one of my favorite sellers in New Hampshire

Maine and then a list of birthstones for each month

with surface wear all over and a bit of paper loss

Wonderful Antique Portrait of Woman in Green on Tin pottery face and then 1917I have no information about the subject of this painting, but I think it's a wonderful portrait, and personally I like the craquelure and paint loss revealing the mirror like surface of the shiny tin underneath, making it feel at the more atmospheric. Between her dress and her hair I think mid 19th c., and it seems the black neck ribbon and pink bow with brooch may be signifiers identifiers of some sort, but I'm not entirely certain what they tell us