#153

Two Miniature Leather Albums and a Bone Sewing Necessaire
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$650
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Description
1 1/2" (4 cm.) x 1 3/4" largest album. Two leather bound albums with embossed designs and gold tooling,each with fancy brass clasp,open to reveal interior designed for small photographic images; the smallest having one sepia image of an elegant lady,and the larger filled with miniature tintype images of an 1865 era family. Along with a barrel-shaped bone sewing basket filled with tiny bone awl,needle case and thimble,and metal scissors. Excellent condition. Circa 1865.