Two Displeased Looking Young Girls, Antique Tintype silver cat pin a few sets of keys

a few sets of keys

with the stamp of a Cary

with what appear to me to be iron plates wrapping around the sides

but there is a compound effect to having the four together

and this is a terrific example

Two Displeased Looking Young Girls, Antique Tintype silver cat pin a few sets of keysWonderful faces on these two girls I think. I especially love the pouty expression on the older, as well as her chunky beaded necklace, which seems not to suit her at all. And how the decorative chair back frames the head of the younger at the ears, reading a bit like fancy side buns! But despite not looking especially happy to have their pictures taken, this wonderfully tender gesture of interlocking arms at the very center of the image. 3 1 4" x 2 1