Lot 096 - Antique Gem Tintype Photo Album With 74 Gem-Sized Tintype Photographs, "Cambridge Album" Produced By Remick & Rice, 1867

Lot 096 - Antique Gem Tintype Photo Album With 74 Gem-Sized Tintype Photographs, "Cambridge Album" Produced By Remick & Rice, 1867Antique gem tintype photo album titled "Cambridge Album," produced by Remick & Rice, 1867. Red leather covers feature a raised cross design and a working metal clasp, gilt lettering on spine, with gilt foredge and binding in good condition. Contains seventy four gem tintypes depicting men, women, and children, including one image of a group of three and another of a group of two, as well as remnants of additional tintypes with faces worn away. One

Marked “A

posed with one hand on his hip while proudly holding a large fish by the gills

Please note that the case is missing its carrying handle

She has holes carved out of her ears

There is significant chipping and wear in the paint on the composition

but one end is broken

It includes a matching blue and white porcelain plate that clips onto the lamp and provides a wall hanger

Dimensions: 9" L x 5" W x 10

Dimensions (per stick): 3

Both mortar and pestle show obvious signs of wear from years and years of use including some chipping and discoloration

including flowers and other decorations

featuring a buck or moose