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Originally Posted by drcy
Orotones are usually large. However, there were a lot of cases around and it's a matter of finding one that fits.
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That, to me, makes it even stranger that it would precisely fit into an 1860's sixth plate case. Another oddity is the subject of the image being larger than the boundaries of the photo. You would RARELY ever see that back then. With this in mind, the thought might be that it were cut down, however, its made of glass so rule that one out.
My gut tells me that its possibly an early 1900's reprint of an Old Judge into Orotone format or its just another of the multitude of recent fakes.
Rob M.