Curious 19th C. Tintype of Handsome Pair, Shiny Pocket Watch (?) In Mouth gold painted school slate A bit of bumping to

A bit of bumping to corners

and the Whitney Museum of American Art as well as many other collections

this is a very old

All in good antique condition

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

Curious 19th C. Tintype of Handsome Pair, Shiny Pocket Watch (?) In Mouth gold painted school slate A bit of bumping toThese 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