Antique 14K & Hand Painted Porcelain Portrait Conversion Ring Navette It is a true treasure

It is a true treasure of the Victorian sensibility

That is how their god Khepri came to be shaped like a beetle and to be reborn every morning to make day happen

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Materials: Enamel

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Antique 14K & Hand Painted Porcelain Portrait Conversion Ring Navette It is a true treasureHand painted miniature portraits were the predecessors of photographs. When there was no other way to record a likeness of someone, the miniatures were treasured and passed down in families. Some portrait miniatures were painted of a specific person, and others were of classic style beauties rather than a particular real person. Often, these pieces were made into jewelry and worn as decoration, such as our example. Finely hand painted on porcelain,