Antique Framed Daguerreotype Of Gentleman camouflage Real Stick Mimic Insect Embedded

Real Stick Mimic Insect Embedded in Lucite

Vintage Japanese Vase

Approximately 2" Tall

AKA Dental Mannequin or Manikin

Antique Framed Daguerreotype Of Gentleman camouflage Real Stick Mimic Insect EmbeddedSet in Original Embossed Leather & Velvet Union Case Ca 1850s 3 1 8" x 3 5 8" Case Has Fair Amount of Wear & Tear 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