Superb 19th c. Antique French Oil Painting, Nature Morte Still Life with Birds painting A wonderful gift for the

A wonderful gift for the writer in your family OR

portrait miniatures or sculptures perhaps

All of the lift-out chip trays (jetons trays) and the ante are complete though show age and use

we have here a large tumbler

Superb 19th c. Antique French Oil Painting, Nature Morte Still Life with Birds painting A wonderful gift for theI love this genre! With roots to Northern European 1500 1600s paintings representing the makings of a feast or a simple dinner, these later French paintings are not celebrations of the kill, but are prayers, almost, of thanksgiving for the makings of the day's meal. Here, you see that played out with the 3 snipes ( I think they are something like a snipe the long pointed beaks), and a cooking pot, a decorated clay pitcher and a glass wine goblet