Antique Daguerreotype of Woman in Gloves apothecary and Devonian seas

and Devonian seas

Measures 1/2" x 1 5/8" (Including Length of Bail Ring)

Can Be Worn From 6 1/2" - 10 1/2"

Overall Nice Condition

Antique Daguerreotype of Woman in Gloves apothecary and Devonian seasMissing Front Portion of Union Case Ca 1850s 3 1 8" x 3 5 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 viewed as either a positive or negative image depending on