Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card unusual handwriting Pure joy to find these

Pure joy to find these two this weekend

Fancy detailing to the front and side of the drawer too

revealing two glass plates still inside

and also written on the back of the frame

This same sort of folding was used to make "paper purses" that would be presented folded into squares or pinwheels

Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card unusual handwriting Pure joy to find theseI 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