Geometric, flower and scroll Union cases, mid-late 1850s

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Geometric, flower and scroll Union cases, mid-late 1850s
Thirty-five Union cases: seven half-plate, seven octagonal sixth-plate, twenty sixth-plate, and one carte-de-visite-sized, twenty-seven with ambrotypes, two with daguerreotypes and seven empty, revealing casemaker's printed labels (35)

Literature

Krainik and Walvoord, Union Cases; Rinhart, American Miniature Case Art

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Lot Essay

Geometric/Scroll (K & W nos. 54, 55, 226, 263, 346, 347, 361); Scroll/Geometric (K & W nos. 74, 213, 301, 350, 355, 572); Scroll (K & W no. 359); Star and Peduncle Motif (K & W no. 343); Scroll/Floral (K & W no. 318); The Bowl of Fruit (K & W no. 175); Geometric/Floral
(K & W nos. 225, 247); Roses and Thistles (K & W no. 206); Scroll, non-gilded center (K & W no. 216); Floral (K & W nos. 72, 255); Chain & Buckle (Rinhart pl. 169); Shield & Shells (Rinhart pl. 170);
The Cross Patee, Variation (Rinhart, pl. 58); Scallop/Shell (Rinhart pl. 171); Lillies & Grapes (Rinhart, pl.115); Birds & Flowers (Rinhart pl. 88); Four Doves (K & W no. 173); Garden Flowers (K & W no. 197); Floral/Scroll (K & W no. 68); The Golden Dish (Rinhart pl. 190); The Tiny Heads in Oval (Rinhart pl. 207); Bouquet of Flowers (variation - no illus.)

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