Antique Relief Carved Panel with Portrait in Profile cryptomeria but the edge of the

but the edge of the top shoe is a bit lower on one side

6th plate ambrotype in a half case

My guess is that it is Japanese

They're  just wonderful objects that could be great used to hold a hair bun in place

sturdy and steady on his feet

Antique Relief Carved Panel with Portrait in Profile cryptomeria but the edge of theI found this in Vermont but believe its origins are European, and my guess would be French, perhaps portraying an explorer of distant lands, with what I take for mountains or the edges of landmasses at the corners. Or, maybe, in his finery, he's no less than a king, ruling lands near and far. Whatever the case, I think the panel is quite wonderfully carved, and quite a character he is with that long mane and mustache and chin up profile making me