19th C. Ambrotype of Striking (and haunting) Man in Half Case pottery planter I'm not a surfer and

I'm not a surfer and really have never been tempted to try

Founded in 1898

and am also happy to send unframed if you prefer

The blocks themselves here are in perfectly aged condition

and another piece of glass laid atop it inside the gold foil

19th C. Ambrotype of Striking (and haunting) Man in Half Case pottery planter I'm not a surfer andMy first impression of this ambrotype was to think what a striking looking man, but the more closely I study it, the more he appears as if he might just be devoid of life. Perhaps this is just the effect of that very angular face, and eyes that have been touched with black paint at the centers, such that the windows into his soul are voided! A bit of a strange mouth too, tinted pink, and looking as if just closed around a canary. I find him, and the