Baby Gently Held, Tender Antique 1 x 1 Inch Tintype Bitossi vase with glass for the windows

with glass for the windows (inset into carved niches visible on the interior) painted with black crosses for windows and bordered on the bottom with black painted bits of wood

an it would be just stunning on the wall

Board measures 12" x 10: Photo: 6"x6"

and also highly empathetic and expressive

Baby Gently Held, Tender Antique 1 x 1 Inch Tintype Bitossi vase with glass for the windowsI am not certain if a mother, nurse, nanny or otherwise tenderly holding this baby, but from the small glimpse of her we have, she looks older than a mother to me. And with the sort of bosom that makes snuggling up against her see very comfy cozy, though this child seems to have been fussing a bit, yielding a nice blur of motion. Feels like a whole world. 1 1 4" x 1 1 16", good condition, a couple of surface scratches visible with magnification, as