SOLD Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of Lovely Woman in White and Blue, Presumed French mid-century west German pottery Painting itself on wood panel

Painting itself on wood panel measures 11 7/8" x 9 1/2"

but only the early ones

One more of these mid 19th c

Photos show the pin in one the hinges as having slid a bit

Perhaps the painter who used this palette made paintings on board that they rested right on it

SOLD Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of Lovely Woman in White and Blue, Presumed French mid-century west German pottery Painting itself on wood panelI am not a great expert on portrait miniatures, but am pretty certain this one, of a lovely young woman in empire gown and high ruffled collar, is French, c 1810s 20s. Curiously, it seems as if the painter preferred painting patterned fabric to rendering a hand at bottom, though what looks like the edge of a sleeve cuff peeks out to the right, so perhaps there is a story there maybe our sitter lost a hand, who knows? There is a little damage loss to