Strange Inner Glow: Evocatively Degraded Ninth Plate Ruby Ambrotype of Baby little mouse bringing her back a sack

bringing her back a sack full

At either top side of the central darn are initials- MS and AVI

and rather quizzical expression on her face

(The sharp pins would grip the rug as one worked to pull it into place

sturdy and stable with good  age to her

Strange Inner Glow: Evocatively Degraded Ninth Plate Ruby Ambrotype of Baby little mouse bringing her back a sackSuch a strange one! This is an foil wrapped, uncased 19th c. ruby ambrotype which, over time, has been transformed in what I find a quite evocative and rather otherworldly way, as if revealing this child's inner light (or its being consumed from within by a pear shaped ectoplasmic blob!) I especially love how the hand at left seems to grip and press into the side of the glowing form. There is no backing aside from a taped perimeter and the foil wrap,