Stern Couple with Their Books, Horizontal Quarter Plate Daguerreotype in Half Case pinched and still completely functional and

and still completely functional and a pin cushion

it is intended as a letter opener

with great hand-painted red brick around the bottom and for the chimney

gorgeous again to the paint

Stern Couple with Their Books, Horizontal Quarter Plate Daguerreotype in Half Case pinched and still completely functional andI've been resisting buying daguerreotypes, in significant part because I have a very hard time photographing them well, but I really loved this serious looking couple with stack of books (his and hers and she's protecting hers!) resting on the table between them. A wonderful play of hands, and patterns, too, and I especially love the expression on her face, which seems a combination of keenly observant and self protective. With a bit of gilding at the