Featured Gold mini photo frame inside....

hi folks a continuation of (the odd couple | Antiques Board)

musta been interrupted by tooth/jaw problems

......anyway came across it today (with intentions of sale) and thought.....hmmm i wonder

turns out it tests as gold but unsure of carat (can only test to 9ct)

was gonna sell them together.........and still very much probably will

but guess i better try and find that out first (carat) as could make a big difference i guess

any thoughts appreciated

 

o and complete thing (gold) weighs just over 10g (with glass /paper etc)

 

if it's any karat....u wanna know !!

btw..... is that woman dead ????

 

....only drop DEAD gorgeous

 

I'd guess that dead-eyed stare was part of the length of posing in those days,but it could be a post- mortem portrait ?
Super cool combo Mate ! Would you say those are tintypes or perhaps albumen prints (carte de visite) ? Might remove it from the case to check for the occasionally present scrap of old paper describing the personages.
Good luck though on it being a memento mori- if the sweet young lass happens to be a stiff, your stock price just skyrocketed.
Alas...she is not here for us to take her pulse !
PS-Happy Halloween All

 

......i was thinking/presuming not.............then looking closely (about the eyes wideness reasoning)

.........now can't look at all

(ish)

 

will have a peak inside when its light , and pray for no r.i.ps

 

I think she had blue eyes and probably red hair and very fair skin. Add the long exposure stare and...ya gets what ya gets. I think she was alive.

 

Has the guy twisted in the frame? If that were suspended as a pendant, he would be hanging at an angle. Can he be twisted back to upright?

Just going by other mounts of my acquaintance, mainly for cameos, I would consider the possibility that the frame on this one is gilt brass.

 

Hi bronwen, yeah he can be twisted around to line up (slightly loose) (twistable)

the testing was VERY conclusive on the frame

 

this one looks very similar so guessing 9 carrots

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32645430...9c219119f59013533827b32&loc_physical_ms=41112

 

aha..............................but is there a guide to the quality/price of carrots ?

(know it carats......but charlie a goofball)

 

Why not have both?

 

No Bro-For marketing purposes you want them to have a tragic backstory, leading to death & an infamous haunting.
Hopefully your objects contain a residual amount of documented activity.
Halloween huzzahs Mate !
PS-9 carrots vs 9 carats vs 9 garrotes ?

 

......and if he walked/swanned through my estate looking like that...........he'd be lucky to get to the other side with teeth and a jacket.......let alone a carrot

 

He'd be in the dinner pot, and the jools would pay for the new kitchen!

 

Love that term 'swanning' ! There's many variations and styles-

 

Dibs on the second one, at least overnight! Unless he's gay . The first dude is not wearing a ring.