Rare Four Image Large Plate Antique Tintype of Baby autumn which could sit on a

which could sit on a tabletop or in a windowsill

features a pagoda in landscape and is very finely done

And I like that the inlay pattern on this one is not exactly regular or predictable--perfectly imperfect

especially based on the name Mitsi as well as the use of "yo" for your

The box measures 3" tall x 3 1/8" in diameter

Rare Four Image Large Plate Antique Tintype of Baby autumn which could sit on aI'm not at all a photography expert, and even less expert on early photographic processes, but I would guess this antique tintype was most likely made with a four lens camera, which came into use for studio portrait photography in the 1860s or so. The only challenge to this theory is that I believe those "Bon Ton" cameras produced four simultaneous images using only one shot, and here each image of this baby appears slightly different, as if an