Strange Antique Photo with Child in White embroidered faces translating to “corner art

translating to “corner art

One hinge is attached by a fitted wire rather than the original pin and one corner of the box is slightly bent (both well documented in the photos)

I've found a couple of these wonderful old brass stencil wheels over time

While I personally favor the dogs

Strange Antique Photo with Child in White embroidered faces translating to “corner artI had not made the association when I purchased this photo, but many of you responded to it by suggesting it was a post mortem photo, with deceased child at center. An expert who deals in mourning and funerary antiques tells me that posing a deceased child in this manner would be exceedingly rare; rather, children in post mortem photos would be posed in a very reverent manner. In any case, this child's layers of all white, setting her (I assume) in