Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card transfer printed enamel and would be fantastic hung

and would be fantastic hung on the wall as well as used as a rug

it took a few moments to figure out that it is a catcher's mask and glove in the hands of the child at center

and what appears to be real blonde hair

And those two well carved balls in the cage are quite satisfying

Of course I love how the pulley evinces a figure waving hello

Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card transfer printed enamel and would be fantastic hungI believe this small card, which I would call a "sentiment card" of sorts (different that a calling card, that would bear the caller's name) is early Civil War era, especially as I take that for an eagle protecting her nest. I can't find another like it anywhere out there, but I did find a 1861 pro Union print, published by E. B. and E. C. Kellogg, titled The Eagles Nest, which I've included in photos and which, like this, has a definite ferocity to