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This same sort of folding was used to make "paper purses" that would be presented folded into squares or pinwheels
and also written on the back of the frame
7 1/2” t x 6 1/4” w x 3 3/4” d
Fancy detailing to the front and side of the drawer too
Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card unusual handwriting This same sort of foldingI 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
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