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A Charming Pair of c.1800 Reverse Glass Paint & Foil Pictures of Birds Amongst Foliage sub-Antiques are probably the most highlyOrigin: Austrian German Period: Late Eighteenth Early Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1790 1810 Width: 4. 5 inches Height: 7 inches (6 x 8. 25 in Frames) The delicately proportioned Georgian period reverse glass paint and foil pictures in their original ebonised frames depicting two colourful birds amongst flowers and foliage survive from the turn of the eighteenth century in the Austrian Empire. The pictures do have some areas of