Folky Antique Hand-carved Quadruple Tin Type Frame thermoses and still just wonderful

and still just wonderful

another shaped like a bare foot

This version is not as finely carved as those astounding pieces

I have really fallen in love with this piece

I think the red and creamy tan color combo of the box is super

Folky Antique Hand-carved Quadruple Tin Type Frame thermoses and still just wonderfulThis is an absolutely wonderful old hand carved wooden frame, 2nd half of the 19th century I believe, and clearly made, perhaps by the father, to proudly house the tintype photographs of this particular family of four. I think every inch of it just teems with love and warmth, and at over a foot across, it has a strong sculptural presence on the wall. The portraits themselves are pretty terrific, especially the very serious looking young boy, but the