Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card transfer printed enamel And those two well carved

And those two well carved balls in the cage are quite satisfying

I would guess 1960s or 70s but am not completely sure

we should all have such presence of mind

and with Fire suggesting Red

and would be fantastic hung on the wall as well as used as a rug

Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card transfer printed enamel And those two well carvedI believe this small card, which I would call a "sentiment card" of sorts (different that a calling card, that would bear the caller's name) is early Civil War era, especially as I take that for an eagle protecting her nest. I can't find another like it anywhere out there, but I did find a 1861 pro Union print, published by E. B. and E. C. Kellogg, titled The Eagles Nest, which I've included in photos and which, like this, has a definite ferocity to