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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 9587943, member: 33&quot;]Thanks for your patience. There has been a lot going on here for the past couple of weeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found the case design in Sean Nolan&#039;s book. This is a design that Nolan calls &quot;Band with whirlpool&quot; (case #866, illustrated on page 236 in the 3rd edition). Nolan&#039;s study has found it in use in the early 1860s. All indications are that this photo is still in its original case (since it has been in your family all of its life, it is unlikely the case was changed, unless it was updated to a newer case at some point). The photo most likely dates from the early 1860s.</p><p><br /></p><p>And as was stated by [USER=8267]@2manybooks[/USER] , the case is probably pressed paper over wood. There is a slight chance of leather, but I also think it looks like the paper ones. It is definitely not a thermoplastic case. Nolan did not include those in his book.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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