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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 9580267, member: 79705&quot;]I bow to others on the amber question. I probably couldn&#039;t tell the difference between the real and fake with my current knowledge!</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are interested in an excellent crash course in miniature portraits, the <a href="https://www.gibbesmuseum.org/miniatures/collection/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gibbesmuseum.org/miniatures/collection/" rel="nofollow">Gibbes Museum</a> has a really fantastic collection! Through that link you can view their entire collection of hundreds online in great detail. The images are large and well presented, unlike some fussier museum collection sites. They have a whole range of styles. I also highly recommend <a href="https://www.gibbesmuseum.org/miniatures/about/making-a-miniature/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gibbesmuseum.org/miniatures/about/making-a-miniature/" rel="nofollow">this article</a> they created about how miniatures were made. It includes extreme close ups of different techniques and materials to guide you in identifying what yours may be. I would say yours is more a naïve painter, but you can&#039;t compare really tiny pieces to the &quot;larger&quot; card sized miniatures that are more prevalent. The one in my icon is also extremely tiny...about the size of an American penny...so finding similar to compare to is difficult.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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