Regal Woman in Empire Dress and Jewels, Lovely Georgian Portrait Miniature on Bone found faces and especially love the phrase

and especially love the phrase "Practice Insures Efficiency" arching across one end

developed in the 1830s or so

4 13/16" t x 3" in diameter at top and bottom

and around the block again

with the left edge folded over/paper continued as a back flap

Regal Woman in Empire Dress and Jewels, Lovely Georgian Portrait Miniature on Bone found faces and especially love the phraseI look at a lot of portrait miniatures, passing by most and with the ones I really like usually far beyond my means, but happily this regal beauty both won me immediately and I was able to buy her right, so here she is, to my eye just wonderful. Early 1800s, painted on bone in brass frame, which compliments the gold of her jewels and her white Empire gown with blue sash perfectly. With wonderful detailing on her braided up do, and golden earrings and