19th Century Folk Art Portrait Drawing Daguerreotype, Man with Bright Eyes wooden bits I was pretty excited to

I was pretty excited to find a box full of these handmade slides at the flea market this weekend--a box in which many were rolled up in a St

A sweet and curious little porcelain hand-shaped vase

The ground is a great rich yellow mustard and the blacks are nice and bold

excepting 11 (which I wrote on one of the red pieces to make it complete)

19th Century Folk Art Portrait Drawing Daguerreotype, Man with Bright Eyes wooden bits I was pretty excited toThis one I purchased from the same seller as the daguerreotype of the drawing of the child I just listed, and I believe they came from the same collection, this one also mid 1800s I believe. This image too is of what looks like a graphite drawn portrait in profile, here of a man perhaps in his 30s or so. There is some scratching to the plate and the outline of this gentleman's profile almost disappears, but in the right light it comes into clear view,