Strange Antique Photo with Child in White handmade face pot and also perhaps the contented

and also perhaps the contented look on his face

super sturdy structural shape

8 7/8" x 6 5/8"

At some point small pads were added to the bottom

Strange Antique Photo with Child in White handmade face pot and also perhaps the contentedI had not made the association when I purchased this photo, but many of you responded to it by suggesting it was a post mortem photo, with deceased child at center. An expert who deals in mourning and funerary antiques tells me that posing a deceased child in this manner would be exceedingly rare; rather, children in post mortem photos would be posed in a very reverent manner. In any case, this child's layers of all white, setting her (I assume) in