Much Distressed But Marvelous Antique Tintype of Bird Like Couple in Dramatic Finery hand-painted napkin rings Stands up on its own

Stands up on its own from either end

with 12 interlocking rings and 72 square plaques

11 3/4 x 6 13/16 in

of a brisk

the Ohio-based bookbinder and publisher of Masonic and Odd Fellows books who

Much Distressed But Marvelous Antique Tintype of Bird Like Couple in Dramatic Finery hand-painted napkin rings Stands up on its ownThis antique tintype shows a good bit of erosion, especially around the edges, but it's one of my very favorites of the week, particularly because of HER! What a face, what an outfit I keep thinking she would be right at home at a surrealist ball! So modern in a way, and she looks quite like a bird, too as does he, too, really, and such a dandy. With a classical column framing them to her right, a painted backdrop I believe just right, including in