Daguerreotype Cased in Leather Birds Doves Eating Grapes Reference to Zeuxis Young Man 1850s 1860s Victorian antique_porcelain Pair of Southwest Santa Clara

Pair of Southwest Santa Clara black Native American pottery candlesticks

Candlestick Candleholder Pair Dragonfly Dragonflies Chinese 1950s 1960s

Cufflinks Lucite Resin Rhinestones Womens 1960s

Soft pastel colors dominate in this calming mid century impressionist scene

very rare -- each about 4 pounds

Daguerreotype Cased in Leather Birds Doves Eating Grapes Reference to Zeuxis Young Man 1850s 1860s Victorian antique_porcelain Pair of Southwest Santa ClaraDaguerreotype Cased in Leather Birds Doves Eating Grapes Reference to Zeuxis Young Man 1850s 1860s Victorian In the tooled leather of the case, doves peck at grapes in reference to the famous story of the classical painter Zeuxis: "When Zeuxis unveiled his painting of grapes, they appeared so real that birds flew down to peck at them." The practice of photography, which created incredibly lifelike portraits, was often compared to this story from