Thermoplastic quarter plate case featuring the bald eagle, holding the olive branch and arrows in its mouth, perched atop a globe showing the Americas, reverse blank, [Berg 1-20; Krainik 28]. Casemaker: probably Samuel Peck as early as 1853. One of only three known to exist, this is one of the earliest and rarest of all plastic photographic cases. Case contains an early quarter plate daguerreotype of a young woman wearing a finely decorated cape and fancy white collar. Provenance: Ex Dr. Carl Walvoord Collection, Ex Helder Costa Collection, Thomas J. McIntyre Collection of Union Cases Condition: Case near excellent, with few small scratches on reverse.
Thermoplastic quarter plate case featuring the bald eagle, holding the olive branch and arrows in its mouth, perched atop a globe showing the Americas, reverse blank, [Berg 1-20; Krainik 28]. Casemaker: probably Samuel Peck as early as 1853. One of only three known to exist, this is one of the earliest and rarest of all plastic photographic cases. Case contains an early quarter plate daguerreotype of a young woman wearing a finely decorated cape and fancy white collar. Provenance: Ex Dr. Carl Walvoord Collection, Ex Helder Costa Collection, Thomas J. McIntyre Collection of Union Cases Condition: Case near excellent, with few small scratches on reverse.
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