The plate is housed within an Anglo-American style enclosure. This is then house within a velvet covered surround which would have fitted within a folding case (now missing). See examples by Kilburn listed elsewhere on this database. / Rare daguerreotype still life. Held in a mount of a type favoured by Kilburn from 1851.
A sword in placed on a cushion in front of brocade curtains
Still life of sword on a velvet cushion with bricade curtains
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brocade
curtain
cushion
scabbard
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daguerreotype
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Daguerreobase
Royal Photographic Society Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom
Museum Conservation Services
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