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A large Victorian ambrotype of an old lady, mounted in a heavy gilt frame, 17 by 20cms (6.25 by 8ins).

A box containing various Victorian portrait photographs, many ambrotype in union cases. IMPORTANT: Online viewing and bidding only. No in person collections, an additional charge of £25 (inc. VAT) applies to this lot to cover postage to registered address.

Crimean War Period Ambrotype Photograph Officer 10th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot, fine coloured example showing the officer in blue patrol uniform with coloured buttons, “10” to forage cap and officers 1845 pattern sword. Set within gilt and glazed frame which is internally fitted into cushioned carry case with hinged lid.

Crimean War Period British Yeomanry Regiment Ambrotype Photograph, fine hand coloured example with the subject wearing scarlet tunic with yellow facings, 1847 pattern yeomanry helmet is sitting on the table next to him. Housed in its gilt metal glazed frame which is set into its leather covered cushioned case. Hinged lid with brass release button.

A Victorian ambrotype depicting a soldier within leather case, image approx. 7cm x 9.5cm.

A 19th Century ambrotype photograph of a seated gentleman in thinking pose and another of a gentleman, both in leather cases. (2)

VICTORIAN GLASS NEGATIVES ETC. Twenty Victorian half-plate glass negatives. Good groups & portraits all of the same family, including lady with bicycle children with maids & toys etc. Also two Victorian Ambrotype portraits & an 1899 lantern slide of the Arran ferry.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT.  PLEASE NOTE: Due to Covid-19 staff shielding, we are operating a queue system for dispatch based on payment completion. Therefore, our usual speed of dispatch will be slower than normal. Also there may be carrier delays beyond our control. : We reserve the right to not ship multiple lot purchases if they are too heavy or bulky.

Stereo Cards, UK topographical, some with pencil inscription 'A C Tracy', possibly Exchange Club member - Walter Fisher 'Filey Views', '61. Bait Girls "Breeched"', '30. Donkeys waiting to carry Fish', 'Bellevue' and 'No. 22 Little Thornwick "Nab"' (4), with Shanklin Chine, dated 2 May 1862 (1), W W Burnand 'Bournemouth from the Pier', dated '23 August 66 with Smith by boat **** for Swanage' (1), 'The Lodge, Kenilworth', one onlooker with wooden leg (1) High Street, Lymington, dated 24 April 1862 (2), wooden river bridge (1), Francis Bedford, Ilfracombe (1), F M Good, Corfe (1) Lichfield Cathedral (1), 1860s, and others 1870s-1890s (8), P-G, with a quarter-plate ambrotype of an elderly rural gentleman and three others (4) (25)

A Quarter-Plate Portrait Ambrotype, seated father, with right arm around his daughter standing to his idea, framed and glazed in passe-partout verre-eglomisé mount, back of image with 'By Royal Letters Patent' label and back of frame stamped 'Joseph Thomas', with inscribed initials, probably of sitters, 1850s, G, some foxing, backing paint loss at bottom

Four ambrotype photographs, each cased, and four folding leather photograph sleeves. (Qty: 8)

A MATARA SRI LANKHA HEXAGONAL BOX THE HINGED LID INLAID WITH SPECIMEN WOODS IN TRIANGLES DEFINED BY WHITE STIPPLES OF IVORY ON EBONY BANDS. W 21cms. TOGETHER WITH AN AMBROTYPE, TWO MAHOGANY FRAMED PHOTOGRAPHS AND A SIMULATED TORTOISESHELL CIGARETTTE CASE.

Two cased quarter plate Ambrotype portraits of Gentlemen, each with subtle hand tinting (condition 5); a smaller mother and child image, a single portrait of a girl in an uncommon beehive design Union Case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., and a double portrait group (cover glass broken) in a patterned Union Case. (From The Bob White Collection).

Husband & wife double Ambrotype cased portraits, and an uncommon young girl & her doll (condition 5). All subtly hand-tinted. (From The Bob White Collection).

A DAGUERROTYPE MALE PORTRAIT IN A CASE SIMILAR TO ONES USED BY THE CALIFORNIAN PHOTOGRAPHER, ROBERT VANCE (1825-76), A PAIR AND TWO OTHER PAPER PHOTOGRAPHS AND TWO AMBROTYPE MALE PORTRAITS ONE BY MCMILLAN OF FLEET STREET, BEING THE LARGEST, THE GILT FRAME. H 27.5 x 14.5cms.

A box of assorted collectables including ambrotype card case, pince nez, leather and embroidered note pad, portrait miniatures, etc.

A 19th century Victorian Bois Durci ambrotype photograph frame. The opening large case with inset photograph

A Victorian Ambrotype

A large quantity of Victorian and later ambrotype and other photographs, to include a regimental posed setting, Second World War soldier, a group of athletes or footballers, picture showing magic lantern, etc.

Photographic-Family antique Ambrotype Photographs in original cases (4), undamaged

Small quantity of Jane Austen memorabilia together with two 19th Century Ambrotype portraits

A collection of daguerreotype or ambrotype photographs, circa 1850, including portraits of a fisherman, labourers, and family photos, within gilt frames, some boxed in leather cases, 18cm x 13.5cm (6)

Three Victorian leather cased ambrotype frames in three sizes, the largest being 1/4 plate

A lorgnette, ambrotype, compact, pince nez by Callaghan, folding spectacles, etc.

A 19th century portrait miniature depicting a young lady wearing a necklace and a light blue dress, identified verso as Gracie Baird (later Mrs Archibald J Miller), 3.7 x 2.9cm, framed and glazed (af), a further portrait miniature depicting a gentleman in formal dress, unsigned, and an ambrotype depicting a gentleman, both in glazed gold plated frames (3).Additional InformationThe first portrait miniature is cracked all the way through, further general wear and tear throughout. 

Black metal strong box containing various items including; dachshund society badges and medallions, two ambrotype portraits, fans, pens, postcards etc. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

Three miniature Victorian Ambrotype photographic portraits. Two are in leather folder frames and have colour added and depict Ladies. Maker marked "Edwin Harrison, Photographic Artist" and "Artist Hanley, Henshall". Sizes 7cm x 6cm and 9cm x 8cm. The third shows a Gentleman in black & white and is marked ""Edwin Harrison, Photographic Artist" in original frame. Size 8cm x 9cm.

Collection of works of art, to include an ambrotype, scent bottle, claw and ball feet, etc

A Selection of Oddments including seals, ambrotype of Butchers Shop, commemorative crowns etc.

PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY: a small quantity, to include 6 ambrotype portrait of male and female subjects, various sizes, contemporary frames. (Small box)

Antique pressed metal panelled belt and buckle, Georgian paste shoe buckle and one other oval metal example, two military badges, Royal coat of arms Lion and Unicorn together with a cased ambrotype of a lady

An oval portrait miniature on ivory of an 18th century lady to/w two circular pencil miniatures of a fashionable young lady and a youthful scholar with mortarboard, a small oil painting on panel, servant woman with candle, unsigned, 17 x 14 cm (unframed), an Ambrotype photograph of a youth and two circular painted miniature portraits (7)

Set of four miniature circular framed stipple engravings after Bailly, together with another small Ambrotype portrait

A 19th Century nude photograph of a young lady crouching to pick a daisy, ambrotype, with flower picked out in paint, from the gallery of Gustav Glowswatch, label to the back, framed and mounted under glass, 33 x 24 cm

Old framed photographs, two tintypes and an ambrotype of a little girl

Two Victorian ambrotype portraits

Books - Home Words For Heart & Hearth 1875-80; an early 20th century ambrotype; early 20th century photograph album; 19th century common prayer book; etc

A mahogany half-plate camera, incomplete; a small collection of lantern slides; ambrotype photograph; and an Edwardian photograph album.

Ambrotype of a gent in a rosewood frame, together with a 19th century memorial plaque and a WWI framed memorial, (3)

Photography - a 19th century ambrotype photograph, double portrait of a lady and gentleman, 7cm x 6cm, c.1860; others, etc (5)

J. M. Hayman: three unframed miniature monochrome etchings depicting Exeter street views and another by Pitman - sold with a Victorian gilt framed Ambrotype portrait, a photograph in small micro-mosaic frame and other small frames

Early Victorian Ambrotype Photograph of a Yeomanry Officer, showing the officer seated wearing special pattern blackened dress helmet, full dress uniform with metal shoulder epaulettes and holding officers sword. Housed in glazed gilt frame set into leather carry case, missing its lid. Small brass hanging ring fitted to the top of the case.

Crimean War Period Ambrotype Photograph 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot, fine hand coloured image, wearing scarlet tunic, forage cap with “77” to centre and white waist belt with gilt clasp. Gilt metal and glazed frame set into bottom half of its leather holder, no lid, brass ring mount to the top.

Crimean War Period Ambrotype Photograph Officer 10th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot, fine coloured example showing the officer in blue patrol uniform with coloured buttons, “10” to forage cap and officers 1845 pattern sword. Set within gilt and glazed frame which is internally fitted into cushioned carry case with hinged lid.

Crimean War Period British Yeomanry Regiment Ambrotype Photograph, fine hand coloured example with the subject wearing scarlet tunic with yellow facings, 1847 pattern yeomanry helmet is sitting on the table next to him. Housed in its gilt metal glazed frame which is set into its leather covered cushioned case. Hinged lid with brass release button.

PHOTOGRAPHY - MEN AND FIGHTING COCKTwo elderly gentlemen in breeches and embroidered waistcoats, one in a top hat standing holding a large cockerel, the other seated, ambrotype on glass, by an unidentified photographer, 168 x 120mm., [1860s]

JAMES FRANCIS MAGEE (1834-1903), The Magee Farm, Marcus Hook, two half-plate ambrotypes of the Magee family posed outside the front and back of the farm house in Marcus Hook, in embossed leather double case (halves separated), with hand written note (presumably copied from information in an earlier note) 'Ambrotype of the farm at Marcus Hook known as the Magee farm taken by James F Meagee Meager? Saturday Aug 13th 1859'. Notes: Each ambrotype is a unique picture, and it is likely Magee took a number of photographs that day, to distribute to members of the family. One other pair of the same scene is known, held by the Library Company of Philadelphia, and accompanied with the same information. Biographical Note: James Francis Magee had a very successful business supplying photographic chemicals. You can download the PDF catalogue for free here: catalogue download

A Collection of Glass Stereoviews and an Ambrotype signed and unsigned professional and amateur, including two glass mounted cut film colour views of an interior, a privately commissioned set of 16 French glass stereoviews, c.1910, depicting a high society wedding, by A Maurice, 209 Rue du Fs St Denis, Paris; all views 17cm x 8.5cm; with an ambrotype of a cheerful elderly lady, in a good quality embossed leather case (25).

Three leather cased ambrotype portraits:, together with 'The Bowling Green Puzzle ' and four various late 19th century card games.

Two late 19th century Daguerreotypes in frames, and also a late 19th century ambrotype (3).

Photography, 3 glass negatives of the British Royal family (circa 1870), Ambrotype of a gentleman with a wooden staff in ornate Victorian mount and frame and 8 glass lantern slides depicting Zulus, Boer War British Army officers, Glasgow Loco. Works etc. gen gd) (12)

A Victorian fiddle pattern silver caddy spoon with shell bowl, Francis Ponter, London 1843, a penknife with carved mother-of-pearl handle, Sheffield 1893 and a Daguerrotype portrait of an old lady, in leather pocket-case, to/w a small Ambrotype photograph of a gentleman (4)

Bird Union Cases, 2-63, Scarce, G, some chipping, one hinge loose and cracked nearby, Littlefield Parson & Co, Nesting Birds, late 1850s, 95mm x 84mm, Daguerreotype, sixth-plate, Portrait of teenage boy; 1-128/3-320, Scarce, VG, Littlefield, Parsons & Co, 'Union Forever', circa 1859, 64mm x 76mm, Ambrotype, ninth-plate, three-quarter seated portrait of young man, tinted and gilded; 1-131, Common, VG, Littlefield, Parsons & Co 'Constitution and the Laws', circa 1859, 65mm x 76mm, Ambrotype, ninth-plate, seated young lady, tinted and gilded

Floral Union Cases, 2-5, Scarce, G, one flake by catch, Holmes Booth & Hayden, Bountiful Harvest, circa 1860, 160mm x 100mm, Ambrotype, double sixth-plate, lady holding 2-51, gentleman seated, probably husband and wife; 3-184, Common, F, cracking and repair, Samuel Peck & Co, Geometric Pattern,circa 1858, 95mm x 86mm, Ambrotype, sixth-plate, Mr C Timms, 41 Newington Causeway, London (from 1858-63), portrait of young lady seated in bonnet and shawl with folding silk parasol

Floral Union Cases, 2-42R, Rare, G, small chip to catch, Holmes, Booth and Hayden, Vase with Mixed Flowers, after 1857, 93mm x 83mm, Ambrotype, sixth-plate, nanny or wet nurse with small baby; 2-56, Common, G, some distortion, Samuel Peck and Co (in Krainik as Scovill), Grapes and Lilies, Frederick C Key, before 1857, 85mm x 95mm, Ambrotype, sixth-plate, Old lady in lace bonnet, possibly grandmother, with baby; 2-59S, Common, VG, one corner chip to back, Samuel Peck and Co, Birds and Fountain with floral surround, before 1857, 94mm x 84mm, Ambrotype, sixth-plate, Portrait of young lady in ornate dress, delicately tinted; 3-388, G, small repair, Rare, Samuel Peck and Co, Geometric Scroll/Floral, circa 1859, 64mm x 74mm, ninth-plate

Figural Union Cases, 1-104/2-23, Common, VG, Samuel Peck & Co, The Calmady Children, Hiram W Hayden, Painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, before 1857, 98mm x 87mm, Ambrotype, sixth-plate, Portrait of Young Man, gilt highlights; 1-181, Scarce, VG, Littlefield, Parsons & Co, The Sleeping Friar, circa 1860, 54mm x 49mm, Ambrotype, sixteenth-plate, Portrait of elderly lady

Figural Union Case, 1-191, Scarce, VG, Littlefield, Parsons and Co, 'American Gothic', young farmer and wife, circa 1858, 65mm x 75mm, ruby glass Ambrotype, ninth-plate, bearded middle-aged gentleman

Floral Union Cases, 2-21, Scarce, G, some corner and edge wear, Littlefield Parsons and Co, Bunch of grapes within a fancy oval, late 1850s, Ambrotype, sixth-plate, seated bearded father, wearing top hat, gaberdine cape and gloves, book (Bible?) in right hand, with little girl on lap; 2-32, Common, G, lining missing, Littlefield, Parsons and Co, Urn of Flowers, 1850s-1860s, 95mm x 84mm, sixth-plate, Ambrotype, seated bearded young man with cigarillo in left hand

Geometric Union Case, 3-262, Common, G, repair to front, Samuel Peck & Co, Geometric, circa 1859, 65mm x 76mm, Ambrotype, ninth-plate, young girl seated by table with left hand supporting china shoulder head boy doll on table

Geometric Union Case, 2-17, Rare, G, Littlefield, Parsons & Co, Strawberries & Flowers, 1857-1861, 83mm x 94mm, Ambrotype, sixth-plate, Bullock & Co, Photographic Portrait Gallery, Royal Assembly Rooms, Bedford St, Leamington Spa (at address 1855-1861), Outdoor portrait of young policeman No.222, rare, face in focus, G, emulsion detaching to right side of image and near head

Geometric Union Cases, 3-585, Scarce, G, but one back corner damaged, S Peck & Co, Geometric, circa 1858, 100mm x 124mm, Ambrotype, quarter-plate, relievotype of seated young girl; 3-58, Very Rare, G, one corner chip, John Smith, Britain, Geometric/Scroll, circa 1860, 64mm x 97mm; 3-158, Common, VG, Littlefield, Parsons & Co, Scroll Motif, late 1850s, 82mm x 95mm, Ambrotype, sixth-plate, seated young lady, tinted and gilded