Encased Forever (with Love), Mid 19th Century Ambrotype of Pink Cheeked Man in Marvelous Leatherwork Frame antique pewter mold Originally used for holding cutlery

Originally used for holding cutlery

10" diameter x 13 5/8" tall

case measures 8 3/8" x 2 3/4" x 1/2

with no real hands in sight

such that they've got lots of room to roll around

Encased Forever (with Love), Mid 19th Century Ambrotype of Pink Cheeked Man in Marvelous Leatherwork Frame antique pewter mold Originally used for holding cutlery(Photos do no justice, this is all about presence, and all those layered bits of leather are much more beautiful in hand.) Anyway I had to live with this special one for a while; I had a deep, very visceral response to it when first I saw it, and still do as much a thing to feel as to look at it. (And smell that leather, too!) Our pink cheeked fellow is forever enclosed here (I want to say encrusted, too), with leather bits overlapping the cased