April 17, 2024
RARE c1850 PRE PECK UNION CASE ANTIQUE AMBROTYPE YOUNG VICTORIAN MAN PHOTOGRAPH
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Greetings from Massachusetts Antiques!For your consideration:A Fabulous Antique (pre-1854) Ambrotype Photograph of a Handsome Young Victorian Man complete with Original pre Thermoplastic case!An exert from oldphotographcom:Starting with the term Union Case, unlike many people believe, the name has nothing to do with the American Civil War and the battle between the Union and Confederate States. The term Union was coined in 1854 by Samuel Peck who was a daguerreotypist in the United States, and who invented the process of making the early plastic cases used for protecting and housing the daguerreotype image which is very prone to any type of scratch or abrasion. The Term "Union" refers to the material construction of the cases, and is derived from the "union" of the cases components; shellac, sawdust, other chemicals and dye for coloring the cases, which was usually black or brown. When these components were mixed together, heated and pressed into a mold, the parts of a Union Case are formed and because of the way they were made, the parts of the cases could take on fine, and in some cases, elaborate details which most Union cases display. This composition material, was and is still called Thermoplastic, and is actually one of the earliest forms of plastic. Before the Thermoplastic Union Case was invented, Daguerreotype or Ambrotype
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