1/4 Plate Ambrotype Photo of a Sleeping Dog ID'd as Pat - 1850s oregon antique example originating in Japan

antique example originating in Japan

at which time he closed shop and moved his family back to Minnesota (Sauk Centre)

Rare quarter-plate ambrotype of a shirtless boxer with his fists up in a classic boxing pose

with a neat period handwriting in ink: "The stone Pyramids & Sphinx"

In pencil on the back is written 205 in pencil

1/4 Plate Ambrotype Photo of a Sleeping Dog ID'd as Pat - 1850s oregon antique example originating in JapanOriginal, late 1850s, quarter plate relievo ambrotype of a dog lying on a table. On the side of the case a small piece of a paper is stuck with writing on it I think it says Wood? Ward? Maybe even DEAD? Dog "Pat". Ambro is in very good antique condition as shown. The image itself does not appear to be damaged or flaking, but small pieces of the black paint on the back of the image has come off and stuck to the backing paper, and these areas show