The result of an impulse buy .
There are no markings of any kind, the rim tested positive for 14 k gold, negative for 18, but it took some time, for a bit it looked like a positive on the 18K too. Maybe something in the middle ?
The case is ivory with I think tortoise shell hoops on the rims Other then that is just a guess. Do they belong toghether ? Or its just a medallion someone planted on a later case? The miniature looks correct , clothes on the sitter look like from the 1770-1780s. The piece is Austrian in origin. Looked like Mozart to me, but i hope not. Rather have an "usual" nobleman from that era, then something that could have been painted much later.
Any thoughts will be appreciated cos I'm out of my element on this one.
The case is 7 cm in diameter, height of 2.2, the portrait 5 cm by 4, with the frame, the frame about half a centimeter wide.
