Bejeweled Beauty, ca. 1857

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sixth-plate Ambrotype of bejeweled lady from Texas, ca. 1857

This ambrotype is housed in a paper-mache case with inlayed mother-of-pearl decoration in the shape of flowers in a vase.

Via: Central University Libraries, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection

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