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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 222909, member: 33"]There are two types of reflection that you can see in cased images. One is the reflection coming off of glass. There might be a reflection off of cover glass (which exists over almost all <b>cased</b> daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes). The other is the kind of reflection that a daguerreotype has. And it's the only type of image that has this: It's like looking at a mirror. depending on the angle at which you are looking at the image, the picture can be almost impossible to see at all. It's unmistakeable, once you have seen it and know what to look for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Terry is right that the toning around the edges happens often on daguerreotypes. I have also seen it on other images, however -- not as often, though. And the flakes missing from your image, and also what looks like crackling in the intact black part. That would never happen with a daguerreotype. So I would say it appears to be an ambrotype.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 222909, member: 33"]There are two types of reflection that you can see in cased images. One is the reflection coming off of glass. There might be a reflection off of cover glass (which exists over almost all [B]cased[/B] daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes). The other is the kind of reflection that a daguerreotype has. And it's the only type of image that has this: It's like looking at a mirror. depending on the angle at which you are looking at the image, the picture can be almost impossible to see at all. It's unmistakeable, once you have seen it and know what to look for. Terry is right that the toning around the edges happens often on daguerreotypes. I have also seen it on other images, however -- not as often, though. And the flakes missing from your image, and also what looks like crackling in the intact black part. That would never happen with a daguerreotype. So I would say it appears to be an ambrotype.[/QUOTE]
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