Antique Daguerreotype, Ambrotype, order Tintype, Melainotype, or Ferrotype, Photo of Boy, 1860s - 1920s, Gutta-Percha Case, Very Good Condition

Antique Daguerreotype, Ambrotype, Tintype, Melainotype, or Ferrotype, Photo of Boy, 1860s - 1920s, Gutta-Percha Case, Very Good Condition. This Antique Photo in original Case is often referred to as an Ambrotype, Ferrotype, Tintype, or as some call it - Daguerreotype. Featured in the well-preserved non-faded photo is a little boy wearing a late 1800s suit in black that is accented with a black satin bow at the neck. He is sitting in a chair with both hands clinched. He has a slight smile. The photo is housed in faux-leather black case with the same embossed design on the case's front and back. The case is held closed with an original metal serpentine clip-clasp that is also embossed. The inside of the case features a rich embossed burgundy velvet cover that protects the photo. A gold metal mat with oval opening sits atop the photo and the gold mat is covered with glass. The glass cover is held in place with two frames, i.e. an ornate scroll-design embossed copper frame and a burgundy velvet frame. The photo album measures approx. 3 5/8” in height by 3 1/8” in width, when closed it measures 5/8” deep. The picture measures order 2 3/4" tall by 2 1/8" wide. The gold mat over picture has several spots; no spotting on photo. Do no know if this is a Ferrotype, Daguerreotype or Ambrotype. Photo is as shown and described - am not an expert on photos of this type, so there is no guarantee as to which type it is. Believe case is made from Gutta-Percha, Thanks for dropping by!

Daguerreotype was the first publicly available photographic process; it was widely used during the 1840s and 1850s. "Daguerreotype" also refers to an image created through this process. The daguerreotype was almost completely superseded by 1860 with new, less expensive processes, such as ambrotype, that yield more readily viewable images. However, there was a revival of daguerreotype in the late 20th century by a small number of photographers interested in making artistic use of early photographic processes. Several types of antique photographs, most often ambrotypes, ferrotypes, melaintypes, and tintypes, but sometimes even old prints on paper, are commonly misidentified as daguerreotypes, especially if they are in the small, ornamented cases in which daguerreotypes made in the US and the UK were usually housed. The name "daguerreotype" correctly refers only to one very specific image type and medium, the product of a process that was in wide use only from the early 1840s to the late 1850s.

Gutta-Percha - In the mid-19th century, gutta-percha was used to make furniture, notably by the Gutta Percha Company, established in 1847. Several of these ornate, revival-style pieces were shown at the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London. The company also made a range of utensils. The "guttie" golf ball (which had a solid gutta-percha core) revolutionized the game of golf. Gutta-percha was also used to make "mourning" jewelry, because it was dark in color and could be easily molded into beads or other shapes. Pistol hand grips and rifle shoulder pads were also made from gutta-percha, since it was hard and durable, however, it fell into disuse when synthetic plastics such as Bakelite became available.

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