Stern Couple with Their Books, Horizontal Quarter Plate Daguerreotype in Half Case pinched with great hand-painted red brick

with great hand-painted red brick around the bottom and for the chimney

A lovely example of West German Pottery by Scheurich Keramik

whatever the original purpose

gorgeous again to the paint

Stern Couple with Their Books, Horizontal Quarter Plate Daguerreotype in Half Case pinched with great hand-painted red brickI've been resisting buying daguerreotypes, in significant part because I have a very hard time photographing them well, but I really loved this serious looking couple with stack of books (his and hers and she's protecting hers!) resting on the table between them. A wonderful play of hands, and patterns, too, and I especially love the expression on her face, which seems a combination of keenly observant and self protective. With a bit of gilding at the