Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card unusual handwriting 7 1/2” t x 6

7 1/2” t x 6 1/4” w x 3 3/4” d

revealing two glass plates still inside

The effect is to impart the bunch with a certain moodiness

Pure joy to find these two this weekend

Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card unusual handwriting 7 1/2” t x 6I believe this small card, which I would call a "sentiment card" of sorts (different that a calling card, that would bear the caller's name) is early Civil War era, especially as I take that for an eagle protecting her nest. I can't find another like it anywhere out there, but I did find a 1861 pro Union print, published by E. B. and E. C. Kellogg, titled The Eagles Nest, which I've included in photos and which, like this, has a definite ferocity to