SOLD Soulful Looking Woman with Lace Collar, Gold Jewelry and Child, 19th C. Full Plate Folk Art Tintype Japan and warding off evil spirits

and warding off evil spirits and unwanted guests

with decorative embossed patten on the brass of the hook

The reverse sides would be completed by the fisherman who were delivering the fish

6 3/4" t x 7" across at handle

SOLD Soulful Looking Woman with Lace Collar, Gold Jewelry and Child, 19th C. Full Plate Folk Art Tintype Japan and warding off evil spiritsI've developed such an attraction to1 9th c. full plate tintypes with hand painted details, each with its own particular character, and more often than not with a compelling strangeness and intensity, and I think is very much the case here. This one for me is all about this woman, with her wide, soulful eyes staring straight at into! us, with her straight lipped mouth giving nothing away. And with that soulful intensity perfectly enhanced further