Antique Post Mortem Glass Plate Negative with Baby and Mother James bone drawing also known as spellicans

also known as spellicans

they are in excellent shape

And as I have not been able to find much of anything about Porter

the basket itself (not including handle) measures i3 1/8" in diameter x 1 3/8"

Antique Post Mortem Glass Plate Negative with Baby and Mother James bone drawing also known as spellicansA beautiful, moving glass plate negative post mortem photograph, with the expression on the face of the mother (best seen in digital positive) just devastating. The casket itself is shrouded in fabric, and the hands of the child clasped before her as she lies. My photos of this are not great (not scanned, just photographed in my own makeshift way, yielding some red along one edge in one photo and some uneven lighting), but the image appears sharp and