Antique Framed Daguerreotype of Young Woman Bob Cat Set in Embossed Leather Union

Set in Embossed Leather Union Frame

Vintage Pflueger Fly Fishing Reel

Single Polished Cow Horn

Depth: 5/8"

Region: Morocco

Antique Framed Daguerreotype of Young Woman Bob Cat Set in Embossed Leather UnionAntique Daguerreotype Photograph Set in Embossed Leather and Velvet Frame Ca 1850s 1860s Photo Measures 2 3 4" x 3 1 4" Edge of Frame Has Been Repaired With Upholstery Tape 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