Several Times Removed...Antique Copy Tintype (of Hand-painted Tintype?) slab plate with woman One one side is

One one side is

4 1/2" x 3 3/4" and in very good condition

it certainly has some age

One finds a fair number of handmade doggy doorstops from the 1940s and 50s (I wonder if they were something people made in shop class

Several Times Removed...Antique Copy Tintype (of Hand-painted Tintype?) slab plate with woman One one side isAs I've said before, I love a photo of an earlier photo, embodying the desire to carry information, and specifically the likeness of a loved one, forward, and also speaking to the transition from one means of representation reproduction to another. Even better when there is some mystery to it. This sixth plate tintype is an example, with the clip used to hold up the portrait being copied visible at bottom center. What I'm not entirely sure of is the