Perfect Found Object: Antique Glass Plate Negative Holder Stamped EXPOSED pottery tea cups There is a leather strap

There is a leather strap knotted through holes at the top of the slate

and I think the painted cows on this one are especially good

She is 7" t x 3 1/2" w x 1 1/4" d

built in 1685

Perfect Found Object: Antique Glass Plate Negative Holder Stamped EXPOSED pottery tea cups There is a leather strapI just love this as a found object, complete unto itself, perfectly framing and holding within it all of the dynamics and resonance of the "exposed" stamped on its face indeed, it feels very much like the encapsulation of a peep show, with black shades blocking glass windows! Two latches on the side turn to allow the black cards to slide out (there are two of them, one on either side), revealing two glass plates still inside. And looking closely, once