Is this an ambrotype?

The photo is made of glass. The left side is made of velvet. I’m not sure of this is an ambrotype. Any info is appreciated! Thanks!

 

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Hi, @Zts -- It looks to me as if it could be an ambrotype, but it has more coloring than ambrotypes usually have. Sounds like you have taken it apart, since you said the photo is on glass? If so, does it have a darkened background behind it, either painted on the back of the glass or sitting inside the back of the case? OR, is the glass itself colored a red or purple color?

The reason I ask is that I've never seen an ambrotype with that much tinting, although somebody certainly could have painted it that way. In the third picture it does seem to have qualities of an ambrotype, as the images often look like they are floating.

Otherwise, I would have said it could also be a tintype but those are printed on metal, with a piece of glass in front of them when they are in a case.

Here is a link with a lot of information on how to identify an ambrotype:
http://phototree.com/id_amb.htm

That site also has info on identifying other types of photographic images.

 

Great, thank you for the info! I’ll look at that website