Content/DescriptionYoung man, presumably a tinsmith or toleware maker, poses, seated, holding a teapot and tool, wearing an apron. Arranged on table next to him are other pots or pitchers and tools.
Details
Title
[Occupational portrait of a tinsmith with tools and newly made teapots.]
Published
ca. 1850
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; sixth plate, visible image 6.7 x 5.5 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral - A Spray of Roses (Rinhart no. 131). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.4 x 8 cm. Pad: red or brown velvet with embossed flowers-in-urn motif. Notes: spine label - 96 (from prior owner). Case cover is upside down.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">"Plate mark (LL): H.B. Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, probably by collector Zelda Mackay) asserts that the subject "Came to California to carry on his trade."</physfacet>;;;
Contents
Image 2: Detail of image side only
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