Here is the wonderful octagonal union case, before and after cleaning: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The procedure I used for this was a few...
I recently did some conservation work on some ambrotypes and a tintype for a friend of mine. The images are all of her family members, but...
That was my first thought, also. Some sort of writing or marking instrument. If it was in a sewing kit, maybe a fancy chalk for marking material?
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