Emotional 1/4 Post Mortem Ambrotype - Beautiful Red Leather Book Style Case color a few tiny mold spiders

a few tiny mold spiders are visible

but no studio imprints

who is perched on a foot stool

so I just gave up before risking damage

Emotional 1/4 Post Mortem Ambrotype - Beautiful Red Leather Book Style Case color a few tiny mold spidersOriginal late 1850s quarter plate ambrotype of a grieving woman holding her deceased child, with her two living children at her side. The grief is plainly visible on the mother's face. Post mortem is housed its rare and original red leather case, measuring 4. 75" x 4" closed. Case is in excellent vintage condition; ambrotype is in very good vintage condition with age spots and light debris underneath the glass. Boxed & insured Priority Mail.