Lot #208 - Very Rare Half-Plate Union Case 'American Country Life'
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Auction House:Leonard Joel
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Sale Name:The American Civil War Collection
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Sale Date:22 Jul 2012 ~ 12noon
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Lot #:208
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Lot Description:Very Rare Half-Plate Union Case 'American Country Life'
black, with narrow border version with unusual tree, paper insert to back with maker's details 'A.P. Critchlow Manufacturers of Daguerreotype Cases...Hinge Patented Oct. 14, 1856, & April 21, 1857', containing an ambrotype of a seated couple, the woman dressed in a checked dress, the man holding a straw hat in his lap, old staple repair to top left corner affecting top hinge, some chips and loss to edges and corners
case 15.5cm high x 13.5cm wide x 3.2cm deep -
References:See Berg 1-183; Krainik 8
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Estimate:A$500 - 700
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Realised Price:
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Category:Militaria & Weapons
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