Freckled Girl with Pet Squirrel! Antique Hand-painted Tintype in Original Sleeve (Some Scratches) pottery basket some with roulette games inside)

some with roulette games inside) but I'd never seen one configured as a puzzle before

One of my favorite photos I've found

with pretty inlay detail on the lid

I'm really into the effects of degradation that can emerge on ambrotypes and daguerreotypes over time

cut from trade catalogs/newspapers/journals

Freckled Girl with Pet Squirrel! Antique Hand-painted Tintype in Original Sleeve (Some Scratches) pottery basket some with roulette games inside)It takes a close look, but our freckle faced girl here, with gold painted necklace and rings, holds a pet squirrel in her lap! And indeed, wild squirrels were not uncommon pets in the Victorian era, caught in the wild, especially as babies, and kept mostly by children. A few scratches to the surface of the tintype here, including one running across the nost of the squirrel, but still! 4" x 2 3 8" in sleeve. A few notable scratches as described above