Curious 19th C. Tintype of Handsome Pair, Shiny Pocket Watch (?) In Mouth carved show but I think it's just

but I think it's just a great object to have sitting around

or boxed sets like this containing so many

as is the top edge of the frame (1 to 4) and them a 5 at top left

with the two links crossed above them

but which I'll include as a bonus

Curious 19th C. Tintype of Handsome Pair, Shiny Pocket Watch (?) In Mouth carved show but I think it's justThese 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