Curious, Very Charming 19th Century Sag Harbor CDV with Ink and Watercolor Portrait enamel on copper 8 1/2" x 12" and

8 1/2" x 12" and in overall good condition

The text on the reverse of the panel looks to read Anne Margot / Bangor and then B

And one might equate it with a folk art ex voto retablo

There is a strip of glued on brown paper tape along the top edge

one hand gripping the edge of the base pretty tightly it seems-- I'd like to think the carver found her the sexiest woman in the world

Curious, Very Charming 19th Century Sag Harbor CDV with Ink and Watercolor Portrait enamel on copper 8 1/2" x 12" andLove at first sight with this one; he just immediately felt like an old friend to me. And a curious one in my experience too a miniature ink and watercolor portrait on a CDV card, the card stamped "H. Terry, Main Street, Sag Harbor, L. I" on reverse. Whether painted over an early photo portrait, or over an engraving, or painted on a blank card, I am not entirely certain, but his hair and collar look early 1800s as opposed to c. 1860s to me, so perhaps