Blushes Turned Dark Blemishes - Hand-colored Antique Ambrotype of Mother and Child tower blocks stating or sitting

stating or sitting

13 1/2" long x 3 1/4" w x 2 1/4"

1930-40s I would guess

made of tin with this great wooden lid with simple

Very good condition inside and out and lid still fits perfectly

Blushes Turned Dark Blemishes - Hand-colored Antique Ambrotype of Mother and Child tower blocks stating or sittingI've always looking for antique photos and anything really made better by the chance effects of time, and this is very much one of those. I believe originally the cheeks of this mother and child were given a pink hand tinted blush, but over time that blush turned to near black, now looking like dramatic blemishes or diseases of the skin, which seem as if threatening to overtake their faces entirely. The result makes me think of Hawthorne's The