Three (3) small boxes inset with watercolor portrait miniatures, all with velvet lined interiors. 1st item: Cartouche shaped bronze or bronze-color metal trinket or jewelry box with hinged lid inset with a portrait of a young woman wearing a white dress and bonnet with pink ribbon, signed "L. Brun" lower right. 1-1/4" H x 4" W x 4" D. 2nd item: Circular bronze-color metal box with hinged lid inset with portrait of a woman in pink dress with white collar and pink ribbon in her hair. Signed "Lucas" lower right. 1" H x 2 1/3" dia. 3rd item: Gilt metal (possibly brass) oval box with hinged lid inset with portrait of a woman in purple dress and pearls in her upswept hair. 1" H x 2" W x 2-1/2" D. Provenance: the estate of Dr. Howard T. DeHaven, Columbia, TN.

Largest box in excellent condition. The two smaller boxes have some clouding at rims of portraits and some wear to gilding on exterior. 2nd item has some paint smudging/staining at edge and in hat ribbon area.