Museum quality 19th Century Cameo portrait in original case Ambrotype otehrwise excellent

otehrwise excellent

so likely mounted to a hard stone disk originally

Luca Madrassi (1894) and Max Blondat (1904)

Was unable to find another example online

Crafted in the late 19th century

Museum quality 19th Century Cameo portrait in original case Ambrotype otehrwise excellentExceptional quality carved helmet shell cameo portrait of a woman in profile, wearing a cap reminiscent of a capped half dollar from the 1820s. Her hair is tied in a bun and a he wears a wreath of oak leaves and acorns below the cap, on her chest between armored breasts appears an eagle with his wings spread. presented in original leather book case of a style later used for daguerreotypes.