Antique Daguerreotype of Woman in Gloves horns Single Goat Horn

Single Goat Horn

7 3/4" Deep

Smaller Variant Measures 5" - 6" Long

Etched Floral Scrollwork

Set With Amethyst Cabochon

Antique Daguerreotype of Woman in Gloves horns Single Goat HornMissing 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