France, Kingdom. A Miniature Portrait Of A Recipient Of The Order Of The Holy Spirit, C.1760 United Republic of with vertical stickpin pinback

with vertical stickpin pinback

touches of black embroidery on the crown and defining the eagle's eye and lion's face

In a memorandum from Lieutenant-Colonel R

(JAMES LENNOX)

The family later immigrated Canada

France, Kingdom. A Miniature Portrait Of A Recipient Of The Order Of The Holy Spirit, C.1760 United Republic of with vertical stickpin pinbackA finely detailed, hand painted miniature portrait depicting a French recipient of the Order of the Holy Spirit, set within an oval gilded brass frame with an intact glass face. The portrait is in turn inset within a wooden frame that is decorated with multi piece mother of pearl tiles, and which features a copal border on the obverse bearing raised floral designs. The reverse retains an intact card stock liner bearing green clover designs, while the