Strange Inner Glow: Evocatively Degraded Ninth Plate Ruby Ambrotype of Baby little mouse sturdy and stable with good

sturdy and stable with good  age to her

The seam along the left side of his head was reinforced with black thread at some point

though it would also be great just sitting

and would take some work to get apart

(The sharp pins would grip the rug as one worked to pull it into place

Strange Inner Glow: Evocatively Degraded Ninth Plate Ruby Ambrotype of Baby little mouse sturdy and stable with goodSuch a strange one! This is an foil wrapped, uncased 19th c. ruby ambrotype which, over time, has been transformed in what I find a quite evocative and rather otherworldly way, as if revealing this child's inner light (or its being consumed from within by a pear shaped ectoplasmic blob!) I especially love how the hand at left seems to grip and press into the side of the glowing form. There is no backing aside from a taped perimeter and the foil wrap,