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(UNION CASES)
Group of 38 beautifully-crafted American cases, including the rare whole-plate “The
Landing of Columbus” and half-plate “The Washington Monument.”
With many figural scenes and a customized wooden case with a “star” motif; sizes ranging from
3
7
/
8
x2
1
/
2
to 7
1
/
8
x9 inches (9.9x6.4 to 18.2x22.9 cm.). 1850s
[3,000/4,500]
Including:one whole-plate (lacks image); 10 half-plates (a daguerreotype of a group of women; a
double ambrotype portrait of a couple; ambrotypes of an outdoor scene of a house, a young boy, a
family, and a woman; and a tintype an older gentleman);5 multiple-image cases (4 with ambrotypes);
4 quarter-plates (each lacks images);13 sixth-plates (one with an ambrotype of a child);4 ninth-
plates (one with a daguerreotype portrait and a second with an ambrotype portrait);and one wooden
marquetry case with multiple ambrotype portraits.