This auction is for an antique hand-painted portrait miniature, set within a decorative gold filled teardrop pendant frame.  The subject has powdered hair, consistent with European fashion of the 1700s.  The frame has delicate leaf and vine motifs.  I believe this is a hand painted piece, not embellished.  Do not know if the chain is original to the piece.  Very beautiful portrait that is gold filled, and lovely design on the pendant frame.  The pendant is 1 1/2" in length and has either a black pearl or hematite bead dangling at the base.  The Victorian collectors out there will know more about this piece than I do, but loved it!  PLEASE NOTE:  Although all my jewelry listings will be marked that returns are not accepted (due to eBay's change of policy from 14 day returns to 30 days), if an item is damaged in shipment or there are any condition issues that I missed, please send me a note and a photograph.  No returns will be accepted without a photograph.  We will not accept returns because an item "does not fit" or because the buyer "changed their mind".  We only ship our jewelry in a box, so be sure to check out our other listings and our eBay store items (over 3850, all on sale).  Several pieces of jewelry will ship for the same price as one piece, or jewelry can ship with larger pieces at no extra cost.  We don’t mark up our items by a great amount, so reasonable offers only please on store items. We do have a layaway plan available for items or groups of items totaling $200 or more.   I am happy to ship to third party shippers for my international clients as well.   Great low starting bid, and being sold with NO RESERVE!