Lot includes a sixth plate vignette on milk glass housed in a cameo Union case, and two milk glass vignettes, one of a woman in profile and one of a young boy, housed in a rare double-sixth plate "Spray of Strawberries" Union case (Krainik-93). The opalotype of the woman in profile is accompanied by the ninth plate daguerreotype from which it was sourced, housed in a leather case. Condition: Spray of Strawberries case with crack on one cover, lower left corner, with full separation at crack. Slight loss to all but two corners of case. Case also includes small areas of loss just above the clasps. Cameo Union case, one cover with crack/full separation along bottom edge, although bottom portion not completely separated from rest of case because it is still attached to velvet liner.
Lot includes a sixth plate vignette on milk glass housed in a cameo Union case, and two milk glass vignettes, one of a woman in profile and one of a young boy, housed in a rare double-sixth plate "Spray of Strawberries" Union case (Krainik-93). The opalotype of the woman in profile is accompanied by the ninth plate daguerreotype from which it was sourced, housed in a leather case. Condition: Spray of Strawberries case with crack on one cover, lower left corner, with full separation at crack. Slight loss to all but two corners of case. Case also includes small areas of loss just above the clasps. Cameo Union case, one cover with crack/full separation along bottom edge, although bottom portion not completely separated from rest of case because it is still attached to velvet liner.
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