Antique Daguerreotype of Woman in Gloves apothecary Real Rhinoceros Beetle Embedded in

Real Rhinoceros Beetle Embedded in Lucite

Pendant Measures 1 3/16" x 1 5/8" (Not Including Length of Bail Ring)

Vintage Statue Depicting Sejen

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Antique Daguerreotype of Woman in Gloves apothecary Real Rhinoceros Beetle Embedded inMissing Front Portion of Union Case Ca 1850s 3 1 8" x 3 5 8" Daguerreotypes were a very early form of photography, a photographer would use a camera to expose light on a silver plated plate of copper, then develop the image using a mercury vapor. Widely used in the 1840s and 1850s, it was soon replaced by the ambrotype. Because the silver takes on a mirror like appearance, the subject can be viewed as either a positive or negative image depending on