Museum quality 19th Century Cameo portrait in original case Ambrotype Recto: Mayor’s committee of welcome

Recto: Mayor’s committee of welcome (Mayor FF Hyland) / verso: Fourth of July Victory Athletic Carnival (City of New York 1919)

Perfect for any cigar or tobacco enthusiast

but from 1890 he turned to stoneware

For Mark Johnson

Museum quality 19th Century Cameo portrait in original case Ambrotype Recto: Mayor’s committee of welcomeExceptional quality carved helmet shell cameo portrait of a woman in profile, wearing a cap reminiscent of a capped half dollar from the 1820s. Her hair is tied in a bun and a he wears a wreath of oak leaves and acorns below the cap, on her chest between armored breasts appears an eagle with his wings spread. presented in original leather book case of a style later used for daguerreotypes.