PHOTOGRAPHY : THE FIRST 150 YEARS featuring THE JOHN HANNAVY COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHS, FRAMED AND CASED IMAGES

*The Charter Oak. Very rare ninth-plate thermoplastic union case by Wadhams Manufacturing Co., c. 1858, housing two ambrotpes of a man and a woma...

*The Genius of Poetry with Her Celestial Pen. Very, very rare ninth-plate brown thermoplastic union case, c. 1860, case empty Berg 1-137. (1) ....

*Angel with Bird in Rose. Rare ninth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Samuel Peck & Co., before 1857, housing a tinted ambrotype of a boy ...

*Angel Scattering Roses (Day, Aurora with the Genius of Light). Scarce ninth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Samuel Peck & Co., before 185...

*Scythe and Grain. Scarce ninth-plate black thermoplastic union case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., c. 1860, housing an ambrotype of a man with a...

*The Elopement. Rare ninth-plate black thermoplastic union case by Wadhams Manufacturing Co., c. 1857, housing an ambrotype of a woman Berg 1-15...

*The Ballerina. Rare ninth-plate thermoplastic union case by Holmes, Booth & Haydens, c. 1858, case empty Berg 1-154. (1) ...[more]

*Catching Butterflies. Ninth-plate thermoplastic union case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., c. 1861, housing an ambrotype of a woman seated with o...

*Boy Playing with His Rabbit. Very rare ninth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Wadhams Manufacturing Co., c. 1860, housing two ambrotypes,...

*The Blind Beggar. Very rare ninth-plate black thermoplastic union case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., c. 1859, housing a tinted and gilded ambro...

*Children with Toys. Rare sixteenth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., late 1850s, housing an ambrotype of a man...

*The Serenade. Very rare ninth-plate brown oval thermoplastic union case by A.P. Critchlow, c. 1858, housing an albumen print portrait of a man w...

*Moses in the Bullrushes 2. Scarce ninth-plate brown oval thermoplastic union case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., c. 1858, housing an ambrotype o...

*Children at the Fence. Sixteenth-plate brown oval thermoplastic union case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., late 1850s, housing an ambrotype of a ...

*American Gothic. Scarce ninth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., c. 1858, housing an ambrotype of a bearded gen...

*Thistles, Shamrocks & Roses. Very, very rare brown 12.5 x 10cm thermoplastic union case by Samuel Peck & Co., before 1857, housing an ambrotype ...

*Bowl of Flowers. Double sixth-plate black thermoplastic union case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., late 1850s, containing a pair of ambrotypes of...

*Basket of fruits and vegetables. A quarter-plate black thermoplastic union case by Holmes, Booth & Haydens, c. 1860, housing an ambrotype of a ...

*Lilies. Very rare quarter-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Samuel Peck & Co., c. 1858, housing an octagonal ambrotype of a husband & wife...

*Strawberries & Flowers. Rare sixth-plate brown octagonal thermoplastic union case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., 1857-1861, housing an ambrotype...

*Bouquet of Mixed Flowers. Rare sixth-plate black thermoplastic union case by an unknown casemaker (probably Peck), c. 1856, housing a daguerreot...

*Flowered Plant. Very, very rare sixth-plate black thermoplastic union case by an unknown casemaker, late 1850s, housing a daguerreotype of a bea...

*Tasting the Nectar 1. Sixth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Samuel Peck & Co., c. 1860, housing a tinted deathbed portrait of a child B...

*Shell. Rare sixth-plate black thermoplastic union case by Samuel Peck & Co., before 1857, housing an ambrotype portrait of a lady with a book, o...

*The Clam Shell. Rare sixth-plate black thermoplastic union case by Samuel Peck & Co., 1854-55, empty, very early Peck rubber stamped label, one ...

*Belt and Buckle 2. Sixth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Samuel Peck & Co., c. 1860, housing a pair of ambrotypes, a mother and her son ...

*Wild Flowers. Very rare double sixteenth-plate black thermoplastic union case by Samuel Peck & Co., c. 1860, case empty, a little roughness to e...

*Geometric. Very rare quarter-plate black thermoplastic union case by Wadhams Manufacturing, c. 1860, housing an ambrotype of three young women ...

*Scroll with Cameo. Very rare unlisted variant quarter-plate black thermoplastic union case by Samuel Peck & Co., c. 1860, housing an ambrotype o...

*Unlisted variant scroll with cameo. Very, very rare quarter-plate black thermoplastic union case by Samuel Peck & Co., before 1860, no image Be...

*Geometric. Quarter-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Peck & Halvorson, c. 1860, housing a pair of ambrotypes of a man and his wife Berg 3...

*Geometric Scroll. Rare sixth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., before 1857, housing a tinted and gilded ambrot...

*Geometric with Simple Oval Centre. Sixth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by A.P. Critchlow, before 1858, containing a pair of sixth-plate d...

*Geometric/Scroll. Sixth-plate black thermoplastic union case by Holmes, Booth & Haydens, c. 1860, housing a daguerreotype of a bearded young man...

*Geometric/Scroll. Sixth-plate black thermoplastic union case by Peck & Halvorson, c. 1858, housing a daguerreotype of a woman seated at a table,...

*Geometric/Scroll. Sixth-plate black thermoplastic union case by A.P. Critchlow & Co., c. 1860, housing a daguerreotype of a serious looking lady...

*Geometric. Sixth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., c. 1860, housing an ambrotype of a woman, tinted and gilded...

*Octagonal Scrolls. Sixth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Samuel Peck & Co., before 1857, housing a nice daguerreotype of a young woman i...

*Scroll/Geometric. Very rare double sweetheart brown thermoplastic union case by an unknown casemaker, 1860s, housing a pair of sixteenth-plate a...

*Geometric. Rare sixth-plate brown octagonal thermoplastic union case by A.P. Critchlow & Co., c. 1860, housing an ambrotype of an unknown young ...

*Morning (Day, Aurora with Genius of Light). NO LOT - THIS IS A VARIANT OF BERG 1-30 AND IS BERG 1-185, NOW SOLD AS LOT 463 (1)

*Morning-Day, Aurora with the Genius of Light 3. Very rare quarter-plate brown thermoplastic union case possibly by Samuel Peck, c. 1860, housing...

*Amazon on Horseback Being Attacked by a Tiger. Very, very rare ninth-plate black thermoplastic union case by John Smith, c. 1860, housing an amb...

*Morning-Day, Aurora with the Genius of Light. Very, very rare quarter-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Smiths Patent Improved Union Case, ...

*Amazon on Horseback, Attacked by Tiger. Very, very rare ninth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by John Smith, circa 1860?, housing an ambrot...

*Scroll & acorn motif with acorn borders. Very rare sixth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Smiths Patent Improved Union Case, 1860s, housi...

*Spray of Flowers. Very, very rare carte-de-visite size black thermoplastic union case by Smiths Improved Patent Union Case, 1866-67, housing a c...

*Flowers in Oval. Very, very rare sixth-plate black thermoplastic union case by (Smiths) Improved Patent Union Case, c. 1860, housing a tinted an...

*Bunches of Grapes in Circular Motif. Very, very rare ninth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by (Smith's) Improved Patent Union Case, c. 1861,...

*Leaves in oval with rose corners. Very, very rare ninth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Smith's Patent Improved Union Cases, c. 1860, ho...

*Geometric/Scroll. Very rare black thermoplastic union case by John Smith, c. 1860, case empty, few edge and corner nicks (one chipped) Berg 3-5...

*Geometric Scroll Pattern. Very rare black thermoplastic union case by (Smith's) Improved Patent Union Case, c. 1860, case empty Berg 3-59. (1) ...

*Diamond Cut Oval. Rare ninth-plate black thermoplastic union case by Smiths Patent Improved Union Case, circa 1860, housing a tinted and gilded ...

*Woven oval. Very rare sixth-plate brown thermoplastic union case by Smith?, 1860?, empty, hinges weak Berg 3-561. (1) ...[more]

*Geometric Scroll Pattern. Carte-de-visite size brown thermoplastic union case by Smiths Improved Patent Union Case, circa 1860, housing a carte ...

*Geometric Scroll Pattern. Very, very rare black carte-de-visite size thermoplastic union case by (Smith's) Improved Patent Union Case, c. 1860, ...

*Ninth-plate ambrotype portrait of a girl, 1860s, tinted, in a very rare thermoplastic frame by John Smith of Birmingham, overall 11 x 9.5cm, tog...

*Half-plate ambrotype of a husband and wife, 1850s, tinted, 13 x 9.5cm, wood and plaster frame with gilt surround, overall 25 x 21cm, together wi...

Half-plate ambrotype of a seated gentleman, early 1860s, 15 x 11cm, oval wood and plaster frame with gilt surround, a few small chips, overall 31...

*Half-plate ambrotype of an unidentified stone cottage, c. 1860, 10 x 13.5cm, wooden frame with gilt surround, overall 19 x 23cm (1) ...[more]