Antique Grand Tour Souvenir Card or Cake Tray: Eglomise Balmoral Castle Painting pillow I find not a single

I find not a single nip or chip anywhere and no cracks or hairlines

and strong period silk thread on spool for final restoration

one of the stoppers has a repaired hole in the side

At the time

I see only a couple of "flake" areas on the painting an each is at the outer rim and does not take away from the gentleman's portrait likeness at all

Antique Grand Tour Souvenir Card or Cake Tray: Eglomise Balmoral Castle Painting pillow I find not a singleWith all the recent Royal's news, we thought it would be fun to list a fabulous antique souvenir of Balmoral Castle: this is one that would have been a Victorian era souvenir of the Grand Tour visitor's trip to Balmoral, Victoria's favorite country manor, and the site of her rumored dalliances with Mr. Brown. One might almost imagine the tiny painted figures there on horseback to be the pair. The back painted glass or 'eglomise' miniature painting has