estatesalestuff
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posted on December 14, 2004 01:36:34 PM new
This is about 11" x 13" framed in wood, piece of glass with a photograph in/on it ... silk tassel on each side ... it can only be easily viewed when held up to a window or light ... I don't know what to call this or how to list it ... thanks in advance if any of you know!!! ...
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cta
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posted on December 14, 2004 02:30:39 PM new
It could be what they call a Glass Photo Negative.
~ Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. ~
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estatesalestuff
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posted on December 14, 2004 02:32:39 PM new
well, I 'think' it's only a negative if it IS negative? ... but it's 'positive' (LOL, for lack of better vernacular on the subject).
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cta
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posted on December 14, 2004 02:37:37 PM new
It could also be what is called a reverse photo on glass or silver bromide photograph on glass. But that's just my guess, and I'm no expert. Maybe photosensitive (I think that is his/her Vendio name) will know.
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CBlev65252
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posted on December 14, 2004 02:40:10 PM new
Hey, Marcia! I love it. Could it be a chinese (japanese) version of the viewers we had here? For the life of me I can't remember what they were called. Let me know if you list it. I'd love to add it the lamp I got from you. BTW, it gets tons of compliments. See ya in the spring!
Hey, did you get a lot of snow? The kids were off today. We got tons. Well, not really tons. We got too much for the first snowfall though.
Cheryl
"Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders."
-Sloan Wilson
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tomwiii
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posted on December 14, 2004 02:48:19 PM new
That BIG...
Could it be, perchance, a framed Magic Lantern Slide?
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estatesalestuff
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posted on December 14, 2004 02:48:55 PM new
thanks cta and cheryl ... oh it's definitely an Oriental picture ... people walking up a high trail from a village of pagoda shaped rooftop houses in the foothill, and they're walking underneath a (hand colored) (I'm so embarrassed I don't know what to call it) it's an oriental shaped archway ... I will list it tonite or tomorrow Cheryl, on 5-day auction to end sunday or monday ... we got it in a great box lot at an antique auction this weekend, so I will be able to start it "inexpensively" ... ... ... we also got a few other items in our box lots that I have questions on, and will post those here later for all of the SO NICE peeps here that help out when we don't know squat. LOL ...
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estatesalestuff
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posted on December 14, 2004 02:50:22 PM new
it IS big, Tom W. the 3rd ....... how big are magic lantern slides? ... okay, I'll go look it up at ebay ...
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estatesalestuff
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posted on December 14, 2004 02:57:56 PM new
most 'magic slide' lantern slides seem to be a lot smaller? ... tomwii?
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tomwiii
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posted on December 14, 2004 03:01:22 PM new
Ralphie says that he believes in BIG magic...SO THERE!
Stick that in yer Funk & Wagnalls!
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photosensitive
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posted on December 14, 2004 03:02:25 PM new
It is a positive photograph on glass. It might be carbon but I would guess it is silver gelatin. It seems to have only a bit of hand tinting on the gate. We have some landscapes and portraits from the 19th century that are carbon on glass but there are later examples made by flowing a photosensitive gelatin emulsion on glass. You can still get one made by Rockland to make such images today. The frame and tassels look older to me but it it hard to be specific without seeing the actual object. Can you guess at the date of the frame from the construction?
It is too big for a magic lantern slide. It was most likely intended to hang in a window.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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estatesalestuff
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posted on December 14, 2004 03:36:11 PM new
thank you Ralphie and photosensitive ... it seems to be sort of old, maybe 30s 40s? ... that's just a guess ... yes, it is 'colorized' on the portal they're walking through ... and yes, it definitely seems like it supposed to hang by a window or backlight ...
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photosensitive
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posted on December 14, 2004 04:09:45 PM new
Estatesalestuff, my impression (not being able to see the actual object) is that it might be early 20th century, maybe turn of the century to 1920s.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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estatesalestuff
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posted on December 14, 2004 04:11:58 PM new
thank you, photosen ... I will go list it right now; you can see extra photos that way ... please let me know if know more after seeing it, and if I have picked a good category or not.
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estatesalestuff
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posted on December 14, 2004 04:24:47 PM new
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6139258997
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photosensitive
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posted on December 14, 2004 04:40:31 PM new
estatesalestuff, I was wondering if the back was frosted glass. Sounds like what you are describing. This would diffuse the light and keep what was behind it from showing through. If it was on clear glass you would not see the light areas of the picture but what was on the other side. If the glass on the back looks cloudy and not clear I suggest you change the description of the back to say it is "backed with frosted glass". The pre 1940 category seems OK to me.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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estatesalestuff
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posted on December 14, 2004 04:46:51 PM new
hmmm... I'm not sure if I'm on the same level as you of thinking 'frosted glass' on back .... it's not really 'frosted' (like with a "texture", but I like that word 'cloudy' you say ... it IS a cloudy GLOSSY finish on the (i think) backside
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