19th C. Folk Art Painted Full Plate Tintype of Stern Looking Couple with Bible (in Large Hand!) brass claw feet bookends but the rose and pink

but the rose and pink rose and bouquet in a basket on the others make for a nicely rounded trio

beautiful thing

There is a bit of writing on the plastic over the interior flaps of the cover as documented

and who doesn't need an 8 inch long pink rat to set somewhere

The lid is well attached (but be a bit gentle with it)

19th C. Folk Art Painted Full Plate Tintype of Stern Looking Couple with Bible (in Large Hand!) brass claw feet bookends but the rose and pinkI've been eyeing antique painted tintypes like this one lately which I think have a wonderfully surreal sort of strangeness to them so was very happy to find this one at an estate near me this week. A very nice example too, I think, strange feeling indeed, between his hair and beard and her large hands not feeling quite of her body. With what I take for a bible in her hand, painted red and certainly they look like a devout pair! Nice gold painted