Antique Daguerreotype of Woman in Gloves horns Made in Ecuador

Made in Ecuador

You Will Receive One Polished Apatite Free-Form Tower of Equal or Greater Quality Than Those in the Photos

Set With Amethyst Cabochon

7 3/4" Deep

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Antique Daguerreotype of Woman in Gloves horns Made in EcuadorMissing Front Portion of Union Case Ca 1850s 3 1 8" x 3 5 8" Daguerreotypes were a very early form of photography, a photographer would use a camera to expose light on a silver plated plate of copper, then develop the image using a mercury vapor. Widely used in the 1840s and 1850s, it was soon replaced by the ambrotype. Because the silver takes on a mirror like appearance, the subject can be viewed as either a positive or negative image depending on