Perfectly Stark, Antique Tintype of Sensitive Looking Young Man bentwood bowl with a nice warm patina

with a nice warm patina

with the coasters measuring 4 3/4" in diameter

but it might shine up a bit more)

to test and serve as reference for the specific colors produced by a spectrum of glazes

and dreamcatcher currently in the shop)

Perfectly Stark, Antique Tintype of Sensitive Looking Young Man bentwood bowl with a nice warm patinaI've got a special weakness for super stark and spare antique tintype portraits that thus feel very contemporary. This one is a case in point, and reminds me, including for the combination of intensity and vulnerability that seem to reside in this you mans gaze, of the work of Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra, which I very much love. Feels beyond time and also hyper present to me, very beautiful. C. 1870s. 2 x 3 1 4". General wear and aging, feeling