Wonderful Antique Photo of Carpenters (and Guard Dog!) in their Shop fox with a hardness and weight

with a hardness and weight very similar to a real loaf

I believe the monogram on the right frame is G

If I didn't know better

There is a bit of pitting and greening to the brass

Wonderful Antique Photo of Carpenters (and Guard Dog!) in their Shop fox with a hardness and weightWhat a surly looking bunch! I might be a bit wary of stepping into their shop, but such is the beauty of photography. I love everything about this, from the stacks of planks on all sides and sawdust underfoot, to the tools in hand, to their aprons and rolled up shirt sleeves and pipes and dangling pocket watches, and most of all their faces and attitudes! And with the two seated men and fierce looking dog anchoring it all at left one assumes the head