1860s Gem Tintype Album, 28 + 2, with Sailors, Soldiers, Sisters, Wounded, From Jaffrey, NH Estate wide bottom vase General wear and a few

General wear and a few stains but overall very good condition for being nearly 200 years old

Framed as found: 8 3/8" x 7 7/8"

I love the drama of this piece

I think these would also make perfect gifts to dole out individually

1860s Gem Tintype Album, 28 + 2, with Sailors, Soldiers, Sisters, Wounded, From Jaffrey, NH Estate wide bottom vase General wear and a fewThis is the first gem tintype album I've purchased, from a dealer who just pulled it out of an old estate in Jaffrey, NH. I do look at these sorts of albums, and do find the tiny ness of gem tintypes rather amazing, but usually, with one close up portrait of unknown person after another, they don't strike me as super compelling. (On my mantle, however, I have a single gem tintype of a man seated in a chair in a simple contemporary frame that is one of