19th C. Ambrotype of Striking (and haunting) Man in Half Case pottery planter Repaired split to front foot

Repaired split to front foot and heel loss to the other as noted

and another piece of glass laid atop it inside the gold foil

or maybe in front of a window

The saucers measure 4 3/4" in diameter and 3/4" tall

with some surface rusting

19th C. Ambrotype of Striking (and haunting) Man in Half Case pottery planter Repaired split to front footMy first impression of this ambrotype was to think what a striking looking man, but the more closely I study it, the more he appears as if he might just be devoid of life. Perhaps this is just the effect of that very angular face, and eyes that have been touched with black paint at the centers, such that the windows into his soul are voided! A bit of a strange mouth too, tinted pink, and looking as if just closed around a canary. I find him, and the