Curious 19th C. Tintype of Handsome Pair, Shiny Pocket Watch (?) In Mouth gold painted school slate this is a very old

this is a very old

Photos don't give a great sense of the richness of the sea itself

like a wispy line drawing

Box measures 9 7/8" x 6 1/4" x 2

and acknowledge the marvelousness of

Curious 19th C. Tintype of Handsome Pair, Shiny Pocket Watch (?) In Mouth gold painted school slate this is a very oldThese two, what a pair. The look like fortune seekers out west during the gold rush era to me, brothers or best friends I'm not sure but clearly with great ease and affection between them, and one imagines they've shared, and will yet share, some great adventures between them. Wonderful faces (how very handsome especially the young man at left), wonderfully laid back postures, and I love the visual rhyme of their crossed legs. But what especially sold