SOLD Make Do: Ninth Plate Tintype Portrait of Striking Young Woman in Calico Dress with Tight and Tender Old String Wrap pottery trivet The name of the species--in

The name of the species--in this case it looks to be "Lycoperdong erunatum" is incised on the bottom of the piece

and to look great doing it

I am pretty certain this one dates to the 19th century

The china dishes and rectangular palette are original to it

SOLD Make Do: Ninth Plate Tintype Portrait of Striking Young Woman in Calico Dress with Tight and Tender Old String Wrap pottery trivet The name of the species--inI'm very tempted to keep this one for myself because I really love the sense of presence and appearance of this woman (face to hair to collar to dress to belt), and also, especially, because I love the old string wrap holding the layers of mat and glass and photo together having lost the foil wrap "preserver" that would once have done so, and the case it was surely once housed in too. The string repair is old, with corrosion corresponding to its