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1870 AMBROTYPE/TINTYPE-PORTRAITS-IN CASE
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ARTIST/SOURCE: UNIDENTIFIED
Catalogue#: 00455
Medium: APPARENT AMBROTYPE PLUS TIN TYPE-DOUBLE PORTRAIT-IN CASE
Date/Period: CIRCA 1870
Dimensions: 3 x 2 1/2"
Origin: USA
Labels/Annotations: NONE
MATERIALS: PHOTOGRAPH OF FEMALE APPEARS TO BE AMBROTYPE C/O BLACK BACKGROUND BEHIND GLASS-YET COULD BE TIN TYPE-THOUGH IT IS RARE FOR TINTYPES TO BE IN CASES, WHEREAS MALE CLEARLY IS A SMALL TIN TYPE (YET NOT SMALL ENOUGH TO BE WHAT WAS CALLED A 'GEM' TIN TYPE. BOTH LIE IN A UNIQUE ORNATE CASE THAT IS UNUSALLY WELL PERSERVED FOR THE MARKET. THE FEMALE IS BEHIND A CARVED, EQUALLY ORNATE FRAME.
DOMESTIC SHIPPING: $10 (COMBINED SHIPPING RATES AVAILABLE).
Catalogue#: 00455
Medium: APPARENT AMBROTYPE PLUS TIN TYPE-DOUBLE PORTRAIT-IN CASE
Date/Period: CIRCA 1870
Dimensions: 3 x 2 1/2"
Origin: USA
Labels/Annotations: NONE
Condition
VERY GOOD, PARTICULARLY THE CASE WHICH IS NEARLY FLAWLESS ON ONE SIDE-AND HAS FULLY FUNCTIONAL ROTARY HOOK CLAPSE. CLOTH BINDING HOLDING THE 2 HALVES OF CASE EXCELLENT. FEMALE PORTRAIT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION BEHING UNOBSTRUCTED GLASS. MALE PORTRAIT HAS SIGNIFICANT AGING BLEMISHES.
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1870 AMBROTYPE/TINTYPE-PORTRAITS-IN CASE
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