Wonderful c. 1860s Mounted Albumen Photographof Girl on Rocking Horse shot glass with numbers 1-7 along the

with numbers 1-7 along the left side

and the shell casing is bent where it meets the blade

punctuated with pencil at their centers and a little nose and mouth below

so photo shows some curl to the paper

One leg has a little bit of wiggle but all all are firmly attached and it is super solid and sturdy to sit on

Wonderful c. 1860s Mounted Albumen Photographof Girl on Rocking Horse shot glass with numbers 1-7 along theA beauty of an early photograph I think, and an iconic feeling one too, to my eye all the better for the toning of the image resulting from living most of its life with an oval mat over top, which makes it feel as if spied through a scope. I've found there is quite a bit out there written about rocking horses, which, though once the purview of the wealthy, by the mid 19th century, with the increasing prosperity brought on by the Industrial Revolution,