Dapper Pair of Card Sharps, Antique (Occupational?!) Tintype crane shaped sewing scissors it feels rather holy to

it feels rather holy to me

This dates to the 1840s or so

is lined with green felt

4 5/16" t x 4 5/16" w x 2 1/2" d not including straps

where I believe they would have been used for dressage

Dapper Pair of Card Sharps, Antique (Occupational?!) Tintype crane shaped sewing scissors it feels rather holy toI do believe that it is square cornered, no indices playing cards these two have tucked into the brims of their hats. And they look pretty wily, as though playing cards was a vocation rather than pastime.. but who knows? There is a deep scratch running down the surface of the tintype just to the left of the arm of the man standing, which makes it looks as if there were the arm of a chair there, which the man in the top hat is caught behind peeking out