Old Glass Plate Negative of Presumed Earlier Portrait of Woman in Lace silver and turquoise The top is threaded

The top is threaded

5 1/16" x 3" x 1 5/8" thick and in excellent condition

who I think maybe made the board

and even better in person

I just love the look of this old skeeball board

Old Glass Plate Negative of Presumed Earlier Portrait of Woman in Lace silver and turquoise The top is threadedI love things that confuse me or make me question what I'm seeing, and I also images of other images, representing multiple degrees of remove. I believe this glass plate negative most likely documents an earlier photograph, frame and all; I am not a costume expert, but the fine lace and bodice make me think 1840s, while the glass plate negative did not come into common use until several decades later. One can just make out the flutter of her