Okay, I'm going to eat crow.
I have in my possession a cabinet photo from just prior to the Spanish-American War, with almost exactly the same mount design. It's a photo of a bunch of guys clowning around in an Alabama photography studio, just before heading off to Cuba.
I remember thinking when I received it, that the mount looked more like something from the 1900's, but since then I've never actually seen this mount in a positive-date 20th century cabinet.
I'll post mine when I can get it scanned.
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