Lincoln CIVIL War CDV In A. P. Critchlow 1/6 Union Case Blank Ruby Ambrotype Plat

  
LINCOLN CIVIL WAR CDV IN A. CRITCHLOW 1/6 UNION CASE BLANK RUBY AMBROTYPE PLATE. TYPE: UNION CASE WITH CARTE DE VISITE (CDV) & PHOTOGRAPHIC HARDWARE. CASE DESIGN: CUPID AND STAG (KRAINIK #36). (CONFIRMED BY INTACT PAPER LABEL).

CASE MATERIAL: THERMOPLASTIC / GUTTA-PERCHA. CASE DIMENSIONS: 3-3/4" X 3-1/2" X 7/8.

PLATE SIZE TYPE: 1/6TH PLATE (ONE-SIXTH PLATE SIZE). SUBJECT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN (PERIOD CIVIL WAR ENGRAVING CDV). PROVENANCE: INSCRIBED IN PERIOD INK ON REVERSE "ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1859". BONUS MATERIAL: AUTHENTIC 19TH-CENTURY BLANK RUBY GLASS AMBROTYPE PLATE. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS AN EXCEPTIONAL, SHELF-READY PIECE OF 19TH-CENTURY AMERICANA. THIS HISTORIC ENSEMBLE COMBINES A RARE, PRISTINE THERMOPLASTIC UNION CASE, A CIVIL WAR-ERA DISPLAY PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN WITH UNIQUE HISTORICAL PROVENANCE, AND A SCARCE PIECE OF EARLY PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY. THE UNION CASE: CUPID AND THE STAG (KRAINIK #36). MEASURES EXACTLY 3-3/4" X 3-1/2" X 7/8 WHICH HOUSES STANDARD 1/6TH PLATE PHOTO MATERIAL.

FEATURES THE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE "CUPID AND STAG" MOTIF WITH FINE HIGH-RELIEF DETAIL. THE THERMOPLASTIC EXTERIOR IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO HIDDEN CORNER CHIPS, HAIRLINE CRACKS, OR BRITTLEMENT. THE RIVETED HINGES OPERATE FLAWLESSLY. THE INTERIOR PRESERVES ITS ORIGINAL GEOMETRIC VELVET PAD AND THE BRASS FOIL MAT RETAINS ITS RICH GOLD TONE.

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY PAPER LABEL IS COMPLETELY INTACT AND LEGIBLE ON THE INTERIOR UNDERNEATH THE IMAGE CHAMBER, FIRMLY DATING THE CASE'S MANUFACTURE FROM 1858 TO 1866. THE LINCOLN CARTE DE VISITE (CDV) & HISTORICAL DATE DISCREPANCY. HOUSED INSIDE THE CASE IS A SHARP, CIVIL WAR-ERA BUST-LENGTH CDV PHOTO OF A VIGNETTE ENGRAVING OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN. THE CDV WAS HISTORICALLY TRIMMED AND CLIPPED BY ITS ORIGINAL 19TH-CENTURY OWNER TO CUSTOM-FIT THIS BRASS MAT FOR DESK DISPLAY OR MOURNING REMEMBRANCE.

THE REVERSE OF THE CDV FEATURES A CONTEMPORARY PERIOD INK INSCRIPTION READING "ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1859". THERE IS A FASCINATING, AUTHENTIC TIME DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE INSCRIPTION AND THE IMAGE.

THE ENGRAVING DEPICTS LINCOLN WITH HIS FULL, ICONIC BEARD. HISTORICALLY, ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS ENTIRELY CLEAN-SHAVEN IN 1859 AND DID NOT GROW HIS BEARD UNTIL LATE 1860.

THIS PROVES THE PORTRAIT ITSELF WAS PRINTED DURING HIS PRESIDENCY OR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING HIS 1865 MARTYRDOM. THIS DISCREPANCY OFFERS AN INCREDIBLE, ORGANIC WINDOW INTO 19TH-CENTURY FAMILY HEIRLOOM KEEPING AND CONFIRMS THE PIECE HAS REMAINED TOGETHER AS AN UNTOUCHED ANTIQUE UNIT. THE BONUS BLANK RUBY AMBROTYPE GLASS PLATE. INCLUDED INSIDE THIS CASE IS AN AUTHENTIC, PERIOD-CORRECT 1/6TH PLATE PIECE OF SOLID, CHEMICALLY TINTED RUBY GLASS. THIS IS GENUINE 19TH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHIC RUBY GLASS USED IN THE WET-PLATE COLLODION PROCESS TO CREATE RARE RUBY AMBROTYPES.

THE DEEP JEWEL-TONED TRANSPARENT RED COLOR ACTS AS A NATURAL LIGHT-ABSORBING BACKING WHEN PLACED IN THE CASE, MAKING SILVER PHOTOGRAPHIC HIGHLIGHTS POP WITH WARMTH. THIS BLANK PLATE IS AN INCREDIBLY SCARCE PIECE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC HARDWARE ON ITS OWN, HIGHLY PRIZED BY EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORIANS AND MODERN COLLODION REVIVALISTS. THIS IS A REMARKABLE, INVESTMENT-GRADE COMBINATION OF CIVIL WAR HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL LINCOLNIANA, AND EARLY PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL. IT WILL BE PACKED WITH THE UTMOST CARE TO ENSURE SAFE ARRIVAL. THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION.