SALE VICTORIAN AMBROTYPE 163 yr Old Original Little store Boy Ruffled Collar, Artist Tinted Gutta Percha Double Glass Gold Color Pinchback Framed

REDUCED FROM $149.90. VICTORIAN AMBROTYPE 163 year Old Original Condition of Darling Little Boy in Chair with Ruffled Collar.Artist Tinted Card on Back (see 4th picture). Gutta Percha Double Glass (see 4th picture) Gold Color Ornately Embosses Pinchbeck Framed. OOAK
Wikipedia says"Ambrotype, pinchbeck (gold coloured metal)mat and cover glass Rear of ambrotype - they are on glass with paint on the rear (sometimes no paint and a dark cloth behind). You can often see cracks or chips in the paint.
Process: One side of a clean glass plate was coated with a thin layer of iodized collodion, then dipped in a silver nitrate solution. The plate was exposed in the camera while still wet. Exposure times varied from five to sixty seconds or more depending on the brightness of the lighting and the speed of the camera lens. The plate was then developed and fixed. The resulting negative, when viewed by reflected light against a black background, appears to be a positive image: the clear areas look black, and the exposed, opaque areas appear relatively light. This effect was integrated by backing the plate with black velvet; by taking the picture on a plate made of dark reddish-colored glass (the result was called a ruby ambrotype); or by coating one side of the plate with black varnish. Either the emulsion side or the bare side could be coated: if the bare side was blackened, the thickness of the glass added a sense of depth to the image. In either case, another plate of glass was put over the fragile emulsion side to protect it, and the whole was mounted in a metal frame and kept in a protective case. In some instances the protective glass was cemented directly to the emulsion, generally with a balsam resin. This protected the image well but tended to darken it. Ambrotypes were sometimes hand-tinted; untinted ambrotypes are monochrome, gray or tan in their lightest areas."


This Ambrotype is very lightly tinted. See little boys cheeks. Ambrotype is in very good condition considering it's age! All Original, measures 2 1/2" x 3". Binding of case is still hanging on. But will not take any abuse. Picture & gold color metal look great! With magnifying store only, you can see some white dots on picture. Gutta Percha case is in good condition with age related wear to tops & edges or raised molded filigree design. Little tiny clasp in good working order. (see pic 5).
This is an awesome, one of a kind, Antique! With a beautiful subject.