Strange Baby: Hand-painted Antique Full Plate Tintype British steam liner which has an almost electric

which has an almost electric feeling about it

what looks like a little blue and green on the ends of the sides

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

turned wooden columns

whether the hand of an old display mannequin or a life sized santos I am not sure

Strange Baby: Hand-painted Antique Full Plate Tintype British steam liner which has an almost electricI'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,