Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame antique chocolate mug The bottom is pretty terrific

The bottom is pretty terrific too

Woods apothecary in Plymouth

which would cause the whimsy rings to rattle a bit while shaking

combined with black lacquered interiors as is the case here

The head rotates a bit if one tries

Miniature 1840s Folk Art Painted Portrait of Gentleman in Daguerreotype Frame antique chocolate mug The bottom is pretty terrificThe flat sky aqua blue ground on this c. 1840 miniature portrait painting really does it for me, combined with its perfect housing, as it always has been, in this 1 6th plate daguerreotype case, the gold foiled mat of which really makes his gold watch chain pop. To me he looks like a banker, keen and steady and perhaps a bit smug about some wise investments, too and quietly plotting what's next! The small water stain running from his eye to the edge