Cased Sixteenth Plate Early Tintype Portrait of Soulful Looking Man in Hat buoy One sees these old verre

One sees these old verre eglomisé--or reverse painted glass--panels around from time to time

(I have not taken it out of the frame

Great paint

and while I don't always jump on carved whimsy chains these days

Cased Sixteenth Plate Early Tintype Portrait of Soulful Looking Man in Hat buoy One sees these old verreThis one is very much about the whole package for me the very small case, with the gold trim around the interior edges and embossed flower on the exterior, and then his very tightly cropped, mugshot like face. Of the scale and manner made to be carried around close to one's heart during the subject's long absences in order to keep them very close and not to forget what they look like!:) Or so I imagine. Feels very immediate and also very dear. 2" x 1