Hand-tinted Antique Tintype Portrait of Handsome Man with Wild Hair Chewing Twig antique medicinal but with turtles

but with turtles

so pay attention as you do so

into which painted glass "eyes" (pieces of glass painted black and white) were inserted (one is in place

4 1/2" tall x 3 1/2" diameter

This is a lovely Penobscot (Native New England) splint ash and sweetgrass basket woven around a glass jar to serve as a vase

Hand-tinted Antique Tintype Portrait of Handsome Man with Wild Hair Chewing Twig antique medicinal but with turtlesI have quite a crush on this young man, who I have to think was a bit of an eccentric, or rather a rebel, with this fantastic unkempt hair, terrific plaid trousers and look closely a twig hanging poking out of the corner of his mouth. At least I assume it is a chewing twig, though it looks a bit like a cherry stem, in which case I'd like to think he has cleverly knotted the other end with his tongue!:) Late 19th century I believe, with his pink cheeks