A late 19th / early 20th century Continental portrait brooch, the oval enamel panel finely painted to depict the head and shoulders of a young boy, dressed in a dark blue jacket with a broad white lace collar and central pale blue ribbon tie, his short fair hair beneath a matching pale blue cap, the panel unsigned and mounted within a gold border with foliate and floral swag detail to the upper part of the frame, the reverse with plain gold panel back, not hallmarked, brooch length 37mm x width 30mm. £500-700