Antique American Portrait Miniature, c.1800, ID'd and Artist Noted in Oyster Frame writer's An angled server for matches

An angled server for matches and a brass cup for spent matches and ashes or cigar clippings

The pearl cartouche is engraved with the name "Natalie"

along with die stamped marks of "H

Ivory is a very hard material

This one is 7

Antique American Portrait Miniature, c.1800, ID'd and Artist Noted in Oyster Frame writer's An angled server for matchesAnother American portrait miniature from my collection, this handsome distinguished gentleman is ID's in back, noting him to be "James Woodhouse" from New York, who died in 183 something (I didn't open the back, which seems complicated, and can only read what you see). It would appear that an artist's name is also mentioned as "W. Jarvin". I'm able to find a James Woodhouse but he's a generation older. A Dr in Pennsylvania, he died in 1809. It might