Can you identify this?

Nov 25, 2007 3 Replies

Hello everyone,



While cleaning up the house, we found an old box with something that I cannot identify. It looks like some sort of printing technique on glass, maybe etched glass? I don't know, so I thought I'd ask who could know. Pictures here:

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for the poor quality, but should do. They were taken putting theplate in front of a white sheet of paper and a light behind it, so onecan see the drawing.



Thanks in advance!


Yeah your photos suck. Might be a lithophane.

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> Sorry for the poor quality, but should do. They were taken putting the> plate in front of a white sheet of paper and a light behind it, so one> can see the drawing.>

Just a guess, because the photos are really not very good to tell precisely, but they look like a glass negative, handle with care, the emulsion will still come off.

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