Rare Fine c.1795-99 Portrait Miniature, Incoyables Young Man, Luxuriants post French Revolution, Directoire vitrine bodkin and thimble are mid-1800s

bodkin and thimble are mid-1800s set that has filled in

The spigot is different than these old sets

but passed through a French family for a century

Purchased in France

This is a very typical Napoleon III casket

Rare Fine c.1795-99 Portrait Miniature, Incoyables Young Man, Luxuriants post French Revolution, Directoire vitrine bodkin and thimble are mid-1800sSuperb portrait miniature, "Incroyables et Merveilleuses" the slightly smug face of a spoiled rich fashionable Parisian making political statement. An exquisite but unsigned French portrait miniature, handsome gray topper wig, dog ears fashion which along with the massive cravat and jaunty giant lapels and embroidered vest, sets him squarely into the "Incroyables", c. 1795 1799. this blue eyed young man who wears an elaborate white cravat with