Description
Circa 1880s antique pin-back brooch gold coloured ornately pressed border housing a tintype photograph of an angry young boy. Tintypes are one of a kind images because there was no negative. Tintypes found today are the actual image literally placed in the hand of the sitter, in most cases well over a hundred years ago. The subject often looked angry or presented a scowling image because of the long exposure times prevented a natural smile.
1.5 inches diameter
$35
A tintype, also known as a melanotype or ferrotype, was introduced in the mid-19th century. Essentially it’s a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal, colloquially called ‘tin’, coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion. The tintype, was essentially a variation on the ambrotype, which was a unique image made on glass.
