Early American Folk Art Miniature Portrait of Young Man with Mullet wooden shelf with drawer 1930 and never used

1930 and never used

Sound and stable and not fragile

once on the exterior and once on the interior appears a larger figure on the lower half

The box's interior lacquer is a deep

with a few light stains and mild edge toning

Early American Folk Art Miniature Portrait of Young Man with Mullet wooden shelf with drawer 1930 and never usedThis folk art miniature watercolor portrait I believe is American, and based on the hairstyle and the manner of the painting I believe likely dates to the first quarter of the 19th century. (Included in photos is a c. 1795 portrait of a very similar looking gentleman by American itinerant folk artist John Brewster, who painted portraits around New England during that period.) I fell in love with this one for its folkiness, and for that hair (!), and