Lot 117 - Pair of Antique 1/9th Plate Ambrotype Photographs of Two Young Women in a Double Thermoplastic Union Case with Angel in Flight Design

Lot 117 - Pair of Antique 1/9th Plate Ambrotype Photographs of Two Young Women in a Double Thermoplastic Union Case with Angel in Flight DesignPair of antique 1 9th plate ambrotype photographs housed together in a thermoplastic union case. The left image depicts a young girl wearing a white bonnet with long ties, a dark cape, and a patterned dress, seated with her hands clasped in her lap. The right image depicts a young woman with center parted dark hair wearing a dark buttoned dress with a white collar, with lightly tinted cheeks. Both images are housed under brass mats with oval openings

photographs generally well-preserved with rich tonal range

This beautiful case is un-engraved and ready for personalizing

It features two round picture frame holes on the left and right and a rectangular frame hole in the center

Framed antique print titled "Lee and His Dog

The book is die-cut in the shape of a beer stein and bound in a soft leather cover printed with a grapevine-decorated stein design and the word "Toasts" across the front

The specimens range widely in size

London & Edinburgh

painted lettering “Crackerjacks

The photos were likely taken by someone with experience in photography

Here is an awesome piece of vintage trench art from World War II

likely the year of acquisition

The majority of the real photo postcards feature German soldiers from the period leading up to and during World War I