Early American Folk Art Miniature Portrait of Young Man with Mullet wooden shelf with drawer with a few light stains

with a few light stains and mild edge toning

Sound and stable and not fragile

1930 and never used

Not at all my usual thing

The box's interior lacquer is a deep

Early American Folk Art Miniature Portrait of Young Man with Mullet wooden shelf with drawer with a few light stainsThis folk art miniature watercolor portrait I believe is American, and based on the hairstyle and the manner of the painting I believe likely dates to the first quarter of the 19th century. (Included in photos is a c. 1795 portrait of a very similar looking gentleman by American itinerant folk artist John Brewster, who painted portraits around New England during that period.) I fell in love with this one for its folkiness, and for that hair (!), and