VICTORIAN AMBROTYPE 1/16 Plate Pocket Size Half Case 163 yr Old Darling Little Boy, Artist Tinted Double Glass shops Gold Color Pinchbeck Framed.

VICTORIAN AMBROTYPE 1/16 Plate Pocket Size Half Case 163 yr Old Darling Little Boy, Artist Tinted Double Glass Gold Color Pinchbeck Framed. Light Weight Wood Only 2" x 1 3/4". Double Glass (see 4th picture) Gold Color Ornately Embosses & raised figural 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 " x 1 3/4". These pocket sizes are very collectible. This is only a Half of case. Other half of case is missing. Picture & gold color metal look great! You can see all 6 buttons on his jacket. Half Case is in fair condition with age related worn off tops & edges or raised molded filigree design. Little tiny 1/2 shops clasp in good working order. .
This is an awesome, one of a kind, Antique! With a beautiful subject.
Other items in final pictures, I also listed today! :>)