John Campbell Co. Camel Dyes for Cotton, Antique 86 Color Samples on Thread brass inlay but what a wonderfully stretched

but what a wonderfully stretched daschund--a hot dog of a dog if I ever saw one

and I'd guess some fading to the gray paint

Based on the signature at lower left

Lots of tintype portraits out there

John Campbell Co. Camel Dyes for Cotton, Antique 86 Color Samples on Thread brass inlay but what a wonderfully stretchedTotal gorgeousness. I seem to have an insatiable want for color these days, and this beautiful antique fold out dye color sampler for "Camel Dyes" produced by John Campbell Co., Hudson St. NYC, feels like pure sustenance. With the colors applied to strands of cotton thread, stretched taut. Eighty six colors total, all in lovely condition. Yum. John Campbell Co. was established by its namesake in 1876, who came from England to establish the company,