Antique Post Mortem Glass Plate Negative with Baby and Mother Spanish Damascene the deck features 45 cards

the deck features 45 cards with wonderful graphics

no indices

I would guess it dates to mid- to late 20th c

it's in very good shape with a little age to it but not a lot

the hand-written message at top translates to "a big kiss to my dear Colette

Antique Post Mortem Glass Plate Negative with Baby and Mother Spanish Damascene the deck features 45 cardsA beautiful, moving glass plate negative post mortem photograph, with the expression on the face of the mother (best seen in digital positive) just devastating. The casket itself is shrouded in fabric, and the hands of the child clasped before her as she lies. My photos of this are not great (not scanned, just photographed in my own makeshift way, yielding some red along one edge in one photo and some uneven lighting), but the image appears sharp and