Stunning and Rare Victorian Photo on sale Album...c.1861

Photos can not do justice to just how lovely this old photograph album is.
Manufactured by W.W.Harding of Philadelphia.
Patented in 1861 with an 1865 cover patent. The brown leather cover shows some wear but it is all intact. There is gold leaf around the pages. There are 2 different angel/child depictions on front and back, probably celluloid. The photo surrounds are on sale ivory heavy paper and the mats have design details in bas relief. Not all mats are present, though most are.

It measures 5.5" tall by 4.25" wide by 2.5" deep.
Beautiful!