Strange Baby: Hand-painted Antique Full Plate Tintype wood puppet head this one with pink lustre

this one with pink lustre around the rim and detailing the handle

it would be pretty great just sitting on the counter

I would frame this straight away and never tire of looking at it

or a simple stand could be fabricated

as there is another layer of brown hair peeking out at the back of his neck

Strange Baby: Hand-painted Antique Full Plate Tintype wood puppet head this one with pink lustreI've been paying more attention to hand painted folk art tintypes of late, and this one is exactly why wonderfully strange! I do think the face on this baby looked a little like the face of an old man to begin with, but the painted blue eyes very much contribute to it, and the pinking of those downturned lips, too. And then these wonderful graphite drawn hands, like little paws resting on a big belly! With charming white painted lace collar and cuffs,