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Antique Porcelain Portrait Miniature Plaque KPM Style
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique porcelain portrait miniature plaque KPM style.
This lovely German hand painted oval
Category
Late 19th Century German Baroque Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
18th Century French Portrait Miniature in Gold Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
Very fine Louis XV century portrait miniature of a nobleman, or of a more important personage
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Gold
18th Century English Portrait Miniature of a Woman in Gold Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
Very fine early 18th century English portrait miniature of an attractive, possibly royal, woman. An
Category
Early 18th Century English Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Gold
Portrait Miniature c1765 Letitia Preston Vallancey
Located in Holywell, GB
A fine sanguine chalk drawing on paper of Letitia aged about ten dating to around 1765. Unsigned, inscribed verso and presented in a 19th century mount and frame.
“When Letitia Pres...
Category
1760s Old Masters Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Chalk
Antique Woman
s Lover
s Eye Portrait Miniature Brooch
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Antique Lover's eye portrait miniature brooch.
circa 1840-50
The charming oval-shaped
Category
1830s Georgian Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Natural Fiber
A Horn Snuff Box Inset with a Portrait Miniature Depicting a Lady
Located in Savannah, GA
19th Century horn snuff box inset with a portrait miniature depicting a lady
Category
19th Century English Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Horn
Mexican Portrait Miniatures of Officer and Wife
Located in Downingtown, PA
Intimate Portraits of an Era: Mexican Portrait Miniatures
Object: Pair of Portrait Miniatures
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Wood
Portrait Miniature by John Cox Dillman Engleheart, circa 1815
By John Cox Dillman Engleheart
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Portrait Miniature, John Cox Dillman Engleheart (1783 - 1862), circa 1815. Augustus Morgan R.N., as
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Portrait Miniature
19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Young Man with Fur Collar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine 19th century miniature portrait of a young man with fur collar
This highly detailed
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Late 19th Century European Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Paint
Swiss Gold Portrait Miniature, circa 1800 Attributed Anton Graff
Located in Toronto, ON
Antique Portrait Miniature original beveled crystal, Swiss, C.1800, attributed Anton Graff
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Gold
Continental Portrait Miniature of a Young Girl with Tableau Locket Frame
Located in Downingtown, PA
Continental Portrait Miniature of a young girl with Tableau Locket Frame,
19th century
The
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Mid-19th Century William IV Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Other
Portrait Miniature of a Young Girl, Signed Corno 1817
Located in Downingtown, PA
Portrait Miniature of a young girl,
Signed Corno 1817
The large oval miniature within a gold
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Other
Swiss Gold Portrait Miniature circa 1800 Attributed to Anton Graff
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique Portrait Miniature original beveled crystal, Swiss, circa 1800, attributed to Anton Graff
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Gold
19th Century Watercolour Portrait Miniature - Maria De Medici
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful miniature portrait depicting Maria De Medici. Daughter of giovanna of Austria and
Category
19th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Watercolor
Antique Gem-Size Tintype Portraits Miniature Leather Album 1860-1870.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Gem-Size Tintype Portraits Miniature Leather Album 1860-1870.
Antique and very rare
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Leather
Unusual Antique French 18K Gold Portrait Miniature Ring 18th Century Belcher
Located in London, GB
This highly unusual antique gold ring features a late 18th century French portrait miniature
Category
Late 18th Century French Georgian Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
18k Gold
American Portrait Miniature on Paper of a Lady, Attributed to Samuel Folwell
Located in Downingtown, PA
American portrait miniature on paper of a lady,
Attributed to Samuel Folwell,
Philadelphia, circa
Category
1790s American Federal Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Paper
Antique French Portrait Miniature Painting Napoleon II 18k Gold Silver Diamonds
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique French portrait miniature painting of Napoleon II, set in an 18 karat gold and
Category
1870s French Romantic Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Gold, Silver
19thC Italian School Trio of Portrait Miniatures of Officers Watercolour Gouache
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Three 19th century Italian school portrait miniatures of Officers housed in a period lozenge oak
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19th Century Italian Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Glass, Oak
Victorian 14 Karat Hand Engraved Locket Portrait Miniature Watch Key
Located in Towson, MD
and by the 1850's, photography had almost completely replaced hand painted portrait miniatures. This
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1850s Early Victorian Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
14k Gold
Victorian Portrait Miniature Pendant, Locket, Hairwork, 9 Karat Yellow Gold
Located in NEWARK, GB
A very fine antique portrait miniature in gold with a pendant fitting.
It is a large piece with a
Category
19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Yellow Gold
Antique 18th Century Portrait Miniature Strass Ring Silver Rose Gold European
Located in Lisbon, PT
18th Century Portrait Miniature and Strass Ring in Silver and Rose Gold, English or French, circa
Category
Late 18th Century European Georgian Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Rose Gold, Silver
A Fine Heart-shaped Lover
s Eye Portrait Miniature
Located in Downingtown, PA
The miniature depicts a woman's left eye within a crescent-shaped opening in a rose gold heart
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Portrait Miniature
English Portrait Miniature Double Silhouette of Two Children
Located in Downingtown, PA
The large oval Silhouette depicts two your girls dancing and mounted in a rectangular black frame with metal mounts, circa 1820.
Provenance:
Paula Peyraud,
with M. Ekstein Limi...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Paper
A Charming English Portrait Miniature of a Young Child
By James Leakey
Located in Downingtown, PA
The miniature mounted in a gold brooch frame with plaited hair and seed pearl monogram -GLD-within
Category
19th Century British Antique Portrait Miniature
Dutch Silver Miniature Toy Cruet 19th Century
Located in Toronto, Ontario
weight: 110.61 grams. Ref: Centuries of style: Silver, European ceramics, glass, portrait miniatures and
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19th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
A Large Fine Portrait Miniature of an Aristocrat by Heni Benner
Located in Downingtown, PA
The miniature signed to the centre right and dated 1817 by Benner who had been appointed court
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Portrait Miniature
Fine Early 19th Century Miniature Oil - Vision of Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite early 19th century portrait miniature in oil, showing an angelic women with porcelain
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Oil
Dutch Silver Miniature Toy Cruet 19th century
Located in Toronto, ON
: 110.61 grams. Ref: Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold
Category
19th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
A French Portrait Miniature of a Lady Mounted in a Horn Box
Located in Downingtown, PA
The circular box is mounted with a large miniature mounted in the top with a pressed brass surround
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Portrait Miniature
Framed 18th Century Miniature Watercolour - Lady in White
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite 18th century portrait miniature in watercolour, depicting a beautiful young women in a
Category
18th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait Silhouette Profile of Mrs. Graydon, Attributed to John Thomason
Located in Downingtown, PA
Portrait miniature silhouette profile of Mrs. Graydon,
Attributed to John Thomason.
Late 18th
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Late 18th Century Georgian Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Paper
18th-Century Danish School, Miniature Portrait Of A Gentleman
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-18th-century oval Danish portrait miniature depicts a good-humoured gentleman
Category
1760s Old Masters Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Copper
Miniature Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour - Princess De Lamballe
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine late 19th/early 20th century watercolourportrait miniature of Princess De Lamballe
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Early 20th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Watercolor
Framed 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate portrait miniature of a Victorian girl wearing a puffed blouse and beaded red necklace
Category
19th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century Hand Painted Miniature Portrait on Porcelain
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century hand painted miniature portrait on porcelain of a beautiful young lady
A stunning
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Porcelain
Portrait Painting of a Lady with a Miniature c.1673-1680, Antique oil on Canvas
By John Michael Wright
Located in London, GB
image serves as a poignant reminder of the historic function of the portrait miniature, which features
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Leonardo da Vinci, Fine Florentine Miniature Portrait
By E. Melocchi
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
watercolour miniature painting
framed: 8cm x 6.5cm
provenance: private collection, London
Beautiful quality
Category
19th Century Renaissance Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Watercolor
James Francis Edward Stuart – The Old Pretender
Located in London, GB
sheened ceremonial breast-plate, a purposeful nod to his military intentions.
Portrait miniatures of
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Copper
enamel portrait of a midshipman
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Lovely naive enamel portrait miniature of a midshipman for his beloved who stays at home, circa
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Portrait Miniature
Ambrotype of a Gentleman in a Suit in Case, Civil War Period 1860s
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Daguerreotype, was the portrait. Unlike in years past where painted portrait miniatures were expensive trinkets
Category
1860s Romantic Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Photographic Film
Late 19th Century Enamel Miniature - Portrait of a Wealth Women
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine enamel on porcelain, oval miniature of a titanesque female wearing a jewel set gold hair
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Portrait of a Family
By Jonathan Richardson the Elder
Located in Bath, Somerset
holding a portrait miniature and their only son John, standing at their side. Circa 1715.
Oil on canvas
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique Portrait Miniature
Early 19th-Century Miniature Portrait Of A Gentleman, Oil On Card
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine Regency miniature depicts a dapper gentleman dressed in a cravat, white shirt and black
Category
Early 19th Century English School Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer, Portrait by Henry Pierce Bone
Located in New Orleans, LA
Kensington Museum, Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, June 1865, no. 1336 (lent by the Earl Spencer)
Category
19th Century Academic Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Enamel
Circa 1820 Miniature Portrait Of A Lady With Front Curls And Diadem.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a Lady with Front Curls and Diadem, circa 1820
Period: Circa 1820
Technique: Hand
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
The Mona Lisa, Fine Florentine Miniature Portrait after Leonardo da Vinci
s work
By E. Melocchi
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
watercolour miniature painting
framed: 9.5cm x 7.5cm
provenance: private collection, London
Beautiful quality
Category
19th Century Renaissance Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Watercolor
Georgian Locket Miniature
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century hand painted miniature portrait of a gentleman, in Georgian attire, mounted
Category
1820s British Georgian Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Gold
Portrait of a Bearded Man, Credit Card Size, Miniature, Oil on Paper
By Christian Wilhelm Dietrich
Located in Stockholm, SE
Christian Wilhelm Dietrich (circle of) (1712-1774)
Portrait of a Bearded Man
oil on paper
paper
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Paper, Oil
J. Forst - A Pair of Early 20th Century Miniature Oil Portraits of Fishermen
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pair of miniature portrait paintings depicting fishermen drinking and smoking pipes
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Oil, Board
Pair of early 17th century Jacobean Portraits of William and Jane de Malbone
By Circle of Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
Located in Bath, Somerset
containing a portrait miniature of a loved one or a timepiece hangs from a chain at her waist and as well as
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Oak, Oil, Wood Panel
Miniature 1811 Oil - Lady with Bow
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine 19th-century miniature oil portrait depicting an elderly Victorian lady. Rendered in
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Oil
19th Century French Miniature of Napoleon I after Paul Delaroche in Period Frame
By KPM Porcelain
Located in Vero Beach, FL
miniature portrait painting on porcelain from the late 19th century after the painting “Napoleon in His
Category
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Early 20th Century Watercolour - Miniature Portrait Of Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A truly exquisite miniature Victorian portrait of a gently smiling, older woman with fine, lace
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Watercolor
Regency Era Watercolour Miniature Portrait - The Grumpy Marine
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming miniature portrait from the early 19th Century (Likely Regency), showing a grumpy man
Category
19th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Watercolor
Miniature 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
A dainty nineteenth-century watercolour portrait of an elegant young woman. Well presented in an
Category
19th Century Antique Portrait Miniature
Materials
Watercolor
Medieval Illuminated Manuscript and Miniature Painting from the Book of Hours
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Exquisite illuminated manuscript and portrait miniature from a 15th century Dutch Book of Hours
Category
15th Century and Earlier Dutch Antique Portrait Miniature
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Antique Portrait Miniature For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique portrait miniature you’re looking for at 1stDibs. An antique portrait miniature — often made from metal, wood and paint — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique portrait miniature, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique portrait miniature is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Empire and Georgian styles are sought with frequency. John Cox Dillman Engleheart, De Herck and Dresden Porcelain each produced at least one beautiful antique portrait miniature that is worth considering.
How Much is a Antique Portrait Miniature?
An antique portrait miniature can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,440, while the lowest priced sells for $89 and the highest can go for as much as $31,517.
Questions About Antique Portrait Miniature
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Miniature portraits are made with a mix of powdered glass, metal oxides and oil which makes a paste. This paste is painted color by color onto a base. Each color layer is fired in a kiln, one at a time. You’ll find a variety of miniature portraits from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Miniature portraits were first painted on a variety of mediums, some of the more popular being vellum, and card or cardboard. Paintings would typically be done in watercolor. Later painting in enamel on metal became a classic medium for painting miniature portraits. On 1stDibs, find an array of authentic miniature portraits.
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