THE OBJECT
A remarkable miniature photo album from the 19th century, bound in deep red embossed leather and filled with tiny gem tintype portraits.
Within its diminutive pages survives a collection of faces from another time—men and women carefully preserved in miniature, their identities now unknown. Each portrait offers only a fleeting glimpse into a life once lived, transforming this tiny album into something far more intimate than its size might suggest.
With its aged leather, delicate gold-tone hardware, and original photographs still held within, this is a particularly evocative fragment of Victorian-era photographic history.
DETAILS
19th century.
Embossed red leather with gold-tone hardware and miniature gem tintype photographs.
Approx. 3¼" tall × 2" wide × ½" deep.
CONDITION
In as-found antique condition with significant age-related wear and fragility. There are tears and staining to some interior pages, the binding is very loose, and one page has already separated from the binding. The clasp is also no longer fully functional.
Please examine the photographs closely, as they form part of the condition description.
ONE OF A KIND
Once acquired, this object leaves The Cabinet.
