Curious, Very Charming 19th Century Sag Harbor CDV with Ink and Watercolor Portrait schoenut circus chair Monkey himself is 6 1/4"

Monkey himself is 6 1/4" tall

someone at some point took care to re-purpose the pair of figures

with the underside view last for each

Hinges well attached

and these two together make for a beauty of a combo

Curious, Very Charming 19th Century Sag Harbor CDV with Ink and Watercolor Portrait schoenut circus chair Monkey himself is 6 1/4"Love at first sight with this one; he just immediately felt like an old friend to me. And a curious one in my experience too a miniature ink and watercolor portrait on a CDV card, the card stamped "H. Terry, Main Street, Sag Harbor, L. I" on reverse. Whether painted over an early photo portrait, or over an engraving, or painted on a blank card, I am not entirely certain, but his hair and collar look early 1800s as opposed to c. 1860s to me, so perhaps