Rare Brass Standing Gem Tintype Double Frame, With Portraits of Young Men As Found letter holder I have a hard time

I have a hard time resisting these old acrobat squeeze toys when the acrobats themselves are really good

but quite a special one I think

each inch full of painstaking labor

The glass itself shows some dust

There are a series of X's carved lightly into the exterior near the top on one side

Rare Brass Standing Gem Tintype Double Frame, With Portraits of Young Men As Found letter holder I have a hard timeNot too long ago I was alerted to the fact that frames made for tintypes specifically are hard to find and frames made specifically for tiny gem tintypes I think all the more so, and double so for a double frame! Sold as found with two gem tintypes in it of a part of young men, but easily popped out and replaced with others there is a nice swing up opening on the backside, that then snaps tight back in place to hold them. Marked DRGM, and Gesch,