Blushes Turned Dark Blemishes - Hand-colored Antique Ambrotype of Mother and Child male bust great structural condition and heavy

great structural condition and heavy for his size

4 5/8" t x 4 5/8" w c 3 1/4" d

each side measures 2 7/8" and the carved area measure 3 7/8" wide on the angle

but this one features adults only (who feel quite Gorey-esque to me)

This beautifully proportioned box I found filled with vintage matchbooks and a few newspaper clippings

Blushes Turned Dark Blemishes - Hand-colored Antique Ambrotype of Mother and Child male bust great structural condition and heavyI've always looking for antique photos and anything really made better by the chance effects of time, and this is very much one of those. I believe originally the cheeks of this mother and child were given a pink hand tinted blush, but over time that blush turned to near black, now looking like dramatic blemishes or diseases of the skin, which seem as if threatening to overtake their faces entirely. The result makes me think of Hawthorne's The