Antique French Silk Embroidery in c.1820 Frame, 28" x 24" Silk work: Baby Moses in the Bulrushes, River Nile American A splendid and rare alter

A splendid and rare alter painting

I'm certain it would have had another convex cover glass on the back of the locket-type frame

The case is leather and has a shrinkage crack in the bottom that is not much of a flaw for a case of this age

a valuable antique

Antique French Silk Embroidery in c.1820 Frame, 28" x 24" Silk work: Baby Moses in the Bulrushes, River Nile American A splendid and rare alterThe dramatic story of Moses, silk work embroidery. After Pharaoh had ordered all the first born male babies to be killed, one woman, Jocheved, looked desperately for a way to save her new born son. She hid him in a basket made of reeds and left him on the river bed, knowing that the Pharaoh's daughter came to bathe there. Jocheved and her ladies in waiting did find Moses and thus he was saved. The vivid depiction of this Bible story from Exodus is