1850s Antique Mourning Jewelry Girl Holding Flowers & Man 2 Daguerreotype Photos zoo posing with his proud owner

posing with his proud owner - notice that the dog's ears having been partially cropped

and draped in flowers

Original half-plate daguerreotype of a man and his beautiful wife by McClees & Germon - their black and gold Philadelphia studio label is on the bottom of the mat

this giant lot is in very good antique condition with individual images being better or worse than that

1850s Antique Mourning Jewelry Girl Holding Flowers & Man 2 Daguerreotype Photos zoo posing with his proud ownerOriginal 1850s, double sided brooch, with a daguerreotype set in each side on a swiveling center post. The dag rotates completely around to display a different image, either the handsome young man or the young girl, who is holding a rose*. (* the previous owner insisted she was post mortem.. I can kind of seewhere they were coming from, particularly when you consider the flower, BUT, in my opinion she was not deceased). This can be worn as a pin