SOLD Wonderful Antique Cabinet Card of Mid 19th Century Folk Art Portrait folk art carver One of them is missing

One of them is missing a screw to lock it in place but sliding mechanism is tight and it will hold wherever one sets it without the screw

the top edge of one side is broken so it does not hold the slidetop lid tightly

and don't know whether that is correct or not

who has been creating paintings

which makes me think perhaps the box was made to hold a rosary

SOLD Wonderful Antique Cabinet Card of Mid 19th Century Folk Art Portrait folk art carver One of them is missingI continue to be drawn to 19th c. photographs of folk art portraits, whether in the form of daguerreotypes and ambrotypes, or glass plate negatives, or cabinet cards as here such an interesting period as painted portraits gave way to photographic ones, with photographs of paintings like this one perfectly embodying that transition, which was a paradigm shift, really. Plus, what a great portrait this is! I really love the extra large hand in the near