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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 326358, member: 25&quot;]These were usually painted on ivory, later on celluloid. Apart from the frame being plain ebonised wood, the construction is exactly the same, oval glass, thin brass tabs to hold the image and backing, as the so called piano key miniatures (probably mentioned on this board somewhere) that date from the late 19th C in deliberate imitation of 18th C types.</p><p>They are usually well painted and are now antiques in their own right, but at the time, the use of pages from 18th C books to cover the backs instead of plain paper indicates a deliberate effort to mislead about the age.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have sold a large number of them in my ebay days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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