Exquisite Antique Tintype of Painting of Infant carved ornament I am guessing this is

I am guessing this is a box that was built around the lid--i

1 1/2” t x 3/4” w and in very good antique condition

arguing for the responsiveness of modern architecture

dwarfed by bed and bench

Exquisite Antique Tintype of Painting of Infant carved ornament I am guessing this isI'm not altogether certain how to untangle this one, but it appears to me to be a tintype photo of an earlier watercolor, I presume a portrait miniature but perhaps it is a tintype of a daguerreotype of a painting (??) And I love the mystery and ambiguity of it in many respects; while sharing qualities of post mortem daguerreotypes, where infants were carefully laid out in a similar manner here on what looks like a chaise, with a curtain draped behind