Antique Daguerreotype from 1844 possum Vintage Hand Carved Wood Ashanti

Vintage Hand Carved Wood Ashanti Comb

One Additional Cup Different from the Others

Stands 13" Tall (Including Height of Wood Base)

Features Elongated Face With Bird Standing Atop Head

Clown and Donkey Roll Forward

Antique Daguerreotype from 1844 possum Vintage Hand Carved Wood AshantiAntique Daguerreotype of Bearded Gentleman Original Paper Tape Frame Backing is Dated 1844 Measures 3 5 8" x 4 3 8" Daguerreotypes were a very early form of photography, a photographer would use a camera to expose light on a silver plated plate of copper, then develop the image using a mercury vapor. Widely used in the 1840s and 1850s, it was soon replaced by the ambrotype. Because the silver takes on a mirror like appearance, the subject can be