A Beautifully Carved Early 18thC Portland Stone Bust of a Young Woman sub-Curios Most ambrotype photos found today

Most ambrotype photos found today are unsigned

A nice old example of an instantly recognizable flag

25 inches (The Sphere)

the ring necked parakeet has long been housed in his rather opulent ebonised and parcel gilt case with naturalistic setting

Jones' Electric Theatre and Chipperfield's Electrograph

A Beautifully Carved Early 18thC Portland Stone Bust of a Young Woman sub-Curios Most ambrotype photos found todayOrigin: English Period: Early Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1720 1740 Height: 21 inches Width 10 inches Depth: 16 inches In one piece with backstrut, the section projecting on a later base of cement, the carved Portland stone (limestone) bust of a young woman in three quarter relief, wearing a headscarf, her hair centrally parted and arranged in two braids survives from the first half of the eighteenth century. Wonderfully weathered,