Holding On: Unusual Composition, Unusual Looking Child, Striking Antique Sixth Plate Tintype antique sketchbook drawings ) I love the color

) I love the color and the fantastic profusion of air bubbles in the glass

This is a set of 11

It features a bail handle with wooden grip (which stands up on its own) and a double band around the top of the box

One side of the slate shows a patch of horizontal lines scratched across the center

and what I believe is a butterfly

Holding On: Unusual Composition, Unusual Looking Child, Striking Antique Sixth Plate Tintype antique sketchbook drawings ) I love the colorI presume there is a hidden mother at far left here, from whom this young child looks not quite ready to be separated yielding an unusual image and one that feels to me quite a tender portrait of the desire to hold on. And while I am not sure It also appears to me that this child may have Down Syndrome, making it even more unusual. 3 7 8 x 2 1 2 and in very good condition. Clipped corners and a bit unevenly cut as evident. Though there is the