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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 106148, member: 33"]If it is printed on glass it is an ambrotype. The kind of ambrotype with the "white surround" has a specific name but I can't recall what it is. Maybe not important at the moment.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDITED: I just looked at your photos and I think the white surround you are referring to is different from what I was thinking. Yours is a decorative border that does really enhance the attractiveness of the framing. Beautiful![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 106148, member: 33"]If it is printed on glass it is an ambrotype. The kind of ambrotype with the "white surround" has a specific name but I can't recall what it is. Maybe not important at the moment. EDITED: I just looked at your photos and I think the white surround you are referring to is different from what I was thinking. Yours is a decorative border that does really enhance the attractiveness of the framing. Beautiful![/QUOTE]
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