T&V Limoges Powder Jar / Dish with Man's Portrait 1892-1907

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T&V Limoges Powder Jar / Dish with Man's Portrait 1892-1907
This unusual powder dish has the portrait man instead of the usual beautiful woman. i guessed that he might be a French romantic poet but  was not able to identify him, so I'm not sure if he was a famous person or an anonymous model. The bottom of the dish is stamped with a green T&V France mark which is from Tressemanes & Vogt of Limoges. The mark was used from 1897 to 1907.  Th paint is rather thickly applied on the suit tie and the hair and beard at the right, and in a certain light fine vertical scratches are visible on the same area of the hair and beard. I am not completely sure that the face is not a transfer or decal, but it's very finely detailed. The jar is about 4 1/2 inches in diameter and 3 inches high. No chips or cracks.
I would certainly rather have this beautiful man on my dressing table than a beautiful woman!
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