Strange Baby: Hand-painted Antique Full Plate Tintype British steam liner including brick red for the

including brick red for the chimneys and again for the tops of the windows

The slide top on the box slides open smoothly and stays firmly closed

These are among my favorite finds ever

A very rare one to find--a sampler of wool flannel textile samples from the Amana Society (1867-1932)

which has an almost electric feeling about it

Strange Baby: Hand-painted Antique Full Plate Tintype British steam liner including brick red for theI've been paying more attention to hand painted folk art tintypes of late, and this one is exactly why wonderfully strange! I do think the face on this baby looked a little like the face of an old man to begin with, but the painted blue eyes very much contribute to it, and the pinking of those downturned lips, too. And then these wonderful graphite drawn hands, like little paws resting on a big belly! With charming white painted lace collar and cuffs,