Wonderful Antique Portrait of Woman in Green on Tin cranberries each measuring 2 1/2" x

each measuring 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 3/16"

I am 99% certain it is sterling silver (if I am wrong

or gophers (or heads of squirrels if one prefers to think of them

I believe this basket is the work of Flo Shay

Wonderful Antique Portrait of Woman in Green on Tin cranberries each measuring 2 1/2" xI have no information about the subject of this painting, but I think it's a wonderful portrait, and personally I like the craquelure and paint loss revealing the mirror like surface of the shiny tin underneath, making it feel at the more atmospheric. Between her dress and her hair I think mid 19th c., and it seems the black neck ribbon and pink bow with brooch may be signifiers identifiers of some sort, but I'm not entirely certain what they tell us