Be-hold 44 - Session 2

1/16 plate daguerreotype of young woman is still sealed. Case has only two corners that are not quite fully sharp. (The lower rt. corner of the cover

1/9 plate daguerreotype in scalloped mat, seated woman with bracelets, her hands clasped on her lap

Here we begin the flower and fruit motifs. This is a double-1/9 plate size case, with 2 compartments on each side. All have oval mats. One has a nice

1/6 plate ambrotype of lovely woman. Behind the plate is a newspaper marriage notice and a lock of hair. There is a diagonal seam—maybe the glass cra

1/6 plate ambrotype of a man, identified on a label pinned to the velvet as “Uncle Henry Burgen.” Case appears flawless.

1/6 plate tintype of a woman, and of a group of young men. 3 case corners not absolutely sharp.

1/6 plate tintype of a young couple. Black case nearly “perfect.” Lower right corner of cover not totally sharp, one minute nick on one of the back ed

1/6 plate horizontal ambrotype on ruby glass of a couple, man with amazing whiskers. Only flaws in the excellent case are 2 tiny nicks in the left cor

1/6 plate ambrotype on ruby glass of older woman. Black case has minor roughness at some corners.

Nice 1/6 plate tintype of a woman, in decorated scalloped mat. Black case is flawless.

Pair of nice ambrotypes of mother and daughter, their faces turned the same way. Area of roughness about ¼” at top right edge of back and at th...

1/9 plate ambrotype of a man. Black version of this case. Just the slightest sense of wear in a few spots.

1/9 plate milk glass portrait of a gentleman. The only flaw is a lack of sharpness in lower left corner of the back

1/9 plate daguerreotype of a woman with a cross

Octagonal 1/9 plate. Strange tintype of a baby. Case has hairline crack at the top surface of the back.

1/9 plate tintype, 2 women. Brown case has roughness at some edges.

1/9 plate tintype of a gentleman with a ribbon coming down from his tie. Black case is flawless.

1/9 plate ambrotype of a gentleman. Four corners slightly chipped, one chip on an edge, otherwise crisp.

1/9 plate ambrotype on ruby glass of a gentleman.

1/9 plate ambrotype of a young woman. Nice embossed label behind for ‘Wm. King, Ambrotypes & Photographs, Exchange Place, Waterbury Ct.” Case is...