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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 170676, member: 25&quot;]It is a French &#039;Piano key&#039; miniature, socalled because the ivory veneer frame was thought to be made from old piano key covers, probably it just resembled that.</p><p>Late 19th C,&nbsp; early 20th C made to look older by 100 years. Now an antique in its own right but once a fake antique.</p><p><br /></p><p>They always have an old book page, usually 18th C as the backing, this is supposed to make it look old.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yours appears to have a religious book from the 19th.C. as the back paper. Such books would have been cheaper than a sheet of clean paper, possibly.</p><p><br /></p><p>The subjects are usually hand painted miniature copies of period paintings. They are usually painted on ivory by quite skilled artists. Yours seems to be of good overall quality but it helps value if it is a pretty woman.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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