Antique French Devotional Portrait of Christ on 4.75" Porcelain Plaque, 8" Gilt Reticulated Frame pocket knife guarantee for 18k

guarantee for 18k

or formal living spaces

and to see if there might be a signature on the inner rim

I can tell the needle or bodkin item is a replacement and not the original because it doesn't perfectly fit the carved compartment

Antique French Devotional Portrait of Christ on 4.75" Porcelain Plaque, 8" Gilt Reticulated Frame pocket knife guarantee for 18kFantastic, large antique French Victorian or Napoleon III era hand painted portrait of Jesus Christ on a 4 3 4" convex porcelain plaque: thorn crown, eyes cast toward heaven and displayed in the original ornate reticulated 7 7 8" reticulated bronze frame! Exceptional! We think it's French but could be another European country. The back of the porcelain is signed though I can't quite make it out, there are also impressed markings that appear to be "12