1/6 Civil War Era Tinted Ambrotype African American Sisters decor The back is black with

The back is black with "Silver Tip" in ink

Original late-1850s quarter-plate post mortem ambrotype: Unusual enhanced portrait of a little boy holding flowers and tinted funeral wreath

the boy with a tinted blue shirt

born in 1866

mustered out March 1

1/6 Civil War Era Tinted Ambrotype African American Sisters decor The back is black with1 6 plate ruby ambrotype in half of a case. Late 1850s, early 1860s. Some original hand tinting remains on the image, on the girls' ribbons and on the curtain behind them. Image is behind mat and cover glass and is in overall VG antique condition, with a few abrasions, as seen. Boxed shipping.