C. 1860s Mourning Pendant with Daguerreotype Portrait of Young Man in Folding Case antique school drawing there is some really interesting

there is some really interesting writing out there about the spiritual beliefs and rituals informing the very specific design of Antoni homes

black paint on solid wood

I actually think this lovely bone brush might have been made--more than a hundred years ago I believe--for cleaning typewriters

the two with fishing poles perched on what appears to be the stone wall of a pond

especially the folky portrait of Hamilton

C. 1860s Mourning Pendant with Daguerreotype Portrait of Young Man in Folding Case antique school drawing there is some really interesting(first image shows both front and back of pendant) I'm not at all an expert on early photography, but I look a lot, and follow my eye, and am learning along the way. I do know it is not very often I come across mourning pendants lockets, which is what this is, with dag portrait of a young man on one side and a glass windowed niche on the flip side for holding a lock of hair. The hair locket on this one was never filled or at least holds nothing now