AN OCTAGONAL SHELL WORK SAILOR'S VALENTINE

AN OCTAGONAL SHELL WORK SAILOR'S VALENTINE, BARBADOS, POSSIBLY FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET, LATE 19TH C each half with contemporary cabinet portrait photograph and inscribed FOR MY SISTER/AND BROTHER in stained wood folding case, 33cm wThe figures are posed in what appears to be a North American photographer's studio since the chair is much in the style of those of, for example, Herter Brothers of New York.