17th Century Cavalier Scene Miniature Painting art nouveau You may be thinking "it's

You may be thinking "it's just a gold chain" - which isn't wrong - but I always get excited when these come in

It's beautifully worked

It's very cool

presumably the first owner's parents

It's fashioned in 18 karat gold with clear London hallmarks precisely dating it to the year 1873

17th Century Cavalier Scene Miniature Painting art nouveau You may be thinking "it'sDATE: 17th Century Framed miniature painting depicting a cavalier scene (?) with soldiers and villagers in various stages of revelry, dated 1683. Some are dining on trestle tables, others dancing, and some clinking beer mugs on horseback all taking place around what appears to be an army encampment on the outskirts of a Tudor village, a lake and mountains in the distance behind. The detail is fantastic, it's signed to the bottom left corner but