Item no.:475973
Description:
Height 7 cm.Width 6.5 cm.
Extremely well-preserved ambrotype from the mid-1800s.
Ambrotype is one of the first forms of photography, made on glass plates coated with collodion and later dipped in silver nitrate. They are very sensitive to light, hence the frame which closes like a book. We have never seen such a well-preserved ambrotype before.
The technique was patented by James Ambrose Cutting in 1854.
The frame has an older repair at the back but is otherwise in very nice condition with a gilded front and embossed velor on the opposite side.
Item number: 8145
Stock: 1
Dealer
Harsted Antik
Store Kongensgade 94, kl
1264 København K
Danmark
Phone: +45 40 35 54 85
Email to dealer:
info@harstedantik.dk
See the item in dealers own catalogue
Store Kongensgade 94, kl
1264 København K
Danmark
Phone: +45 40 35 54 85
Email to dealer:
info@harstedantik.dk
See the item in dealers own catalogue
Member of:
Art, Antique & Design association
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Harsted Antik
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Specialized in Danish glass
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