Featured Late 1800's Mourning Locket w/post-mortem tintype

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  1. lelliott19

    lelliott19 Member

    Picked this up at a local estate sale today. The picture inside on the right is a tiny tintype of what appears to be a post-mortem aged gentleman. The other image appers to be clipped from a CDV. Both images are covered with a sheet of mica instead of glass. The locket is engraved "Mary Henderson." Just wondering if anyone has ever seen mica used in place of glass before in these lockets?
    Mary Henderson Locket.jpg locket back.jpg locket inside.jpg right picture tintype auto correct.jpg
     
    lelliott19, Apr 2, 2016
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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Not I.
    but the work on it is lovely !
     
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  3. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Not saying this is a bad thing...
    Could it have been made from leftovers from other projects?
     
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  4. Mill Cove Treasures

    Mill Cove Treasures Well-Known Member

    The case is beautiful.
     
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  5. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Not me either, but again, the case is beautiful. Earlier, when I was looking into daguerreotypes, one of the other members (?) was asking about mica being used... but I think he was asking about it being used for the dag itself, not as a cover for the dag......
     
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