Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card transfer printed enamel it took a few moments

it took a few moments to figure out that it is a catcher's mask and glove in the hands of the child at center

and what appears to be real blonde hair

and with Fire suggesting Red

In original black paint

Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card transfer printed enamel it took a few momentsI believe this small card, which I would call a "sentiment card" of sorts (different that a calling card, that would bear the caller's name) is early Civil War era, especially as I take that for an eagle protecting her nest. I can't find another like it anywhere out there, but I did find a 1861 pro Union print, published by E. B. and E. C. Kellogg, titled The Eagles Nest, which I've included in photos and which, like this, has a definite ferocity to