Bracelet with portrait of Captain Jules POLONY

Jewellery

Inventory number
2020.12.1.4.JW.BR.C1850.FR
Description
Silver-gilt women's bracelet consisting of two flat braided stripes ending with an oval clasp with a painted on mother of pearl miniature portrait of a middle-aged man, known as Gabriel Vincent André Marc Marie POLONY (1806 - 1875), Knight and officer of the Legion of Honor, Commander, Imperial Commissioner of the first Council of War and Revision in Rochefort. The miniature is signed "LC".
Materials
Silver
Watercolor on mother-of-pearl
Origin
circa 1850 France
Dimensions
Width : 4 cm
Length : 19 cm