C. 1860s Mourning Pendant with Daguerreotype Portrait of Young Man in Folding Case thickly painted I always have an eye

I always have an eye out for old retablos

With Jugtown--which continues to operate today under the leadership of potter Vernon Owens--they sought to meld forms from ancient traditions with those of utilitarian pottery developed in North Carolina

A wonderfully crisp

There are rows of old nail holes in the wood

I especially love the double zeros

C. 1860s Mourning Pendant with Daguerreotype Portrait of Young Man in Folding Case thickly painted I always have an eye(first image shows both front and back of pendant) I'm not at all an expert on early photography, but I look a lot, and follow my eye, and am learning along the way. I do know it is not very often I come across mourning pendants lockets, which is what this is, with dag portrait of a young man on one side and a glass windowed niche on the flip side for holding a lock of hair. The hair locket on this one was never filled or at least holds nothing now