EXPOSED Glass Plate Negative Holder (Poignant Readymade) flower in urn I believe the cover with

I believe the cover with embossed pattern was once maroon but now it appears dark gray

I believe 1840s or so

to hover over a succulent

but the donkey itself--printed on a sort of light weight fabric with a bit of a sheen--is in pretty good shape and I think the graphics are pretty terrific

unused postcard reverse

EXPOSED Glass Plate Negative Holder (Poignant Readymade) flower in urn I believe the cover withI love this as a found object, complete unto itself (and which feels like it pretty much sums up everything) though one could also alter it by placing two glass plate slides inside, which would change its nature. (I had one of these previously that still had glass plates in it which made it feel very much like the encapsulation of a peep show; black shades veiling glass windows which one could then sliding open to expose them.) Here, it is just