{"id":1080,"date":"2025-03-20T04:20:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T04:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/?page_id=1080"},"modified":"2026-03-15T19:51:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:51:01","slug":"lot-31","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/?page_id=1080","title":{"rendered":"Lot 31"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lot 31<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-5, #DFDFE2);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Even after years of experience, a piece will come that makes you say wow! This quarter-plate ruby ambrotype still life of a celebratory decorative cream pie with a dancing fairy topper certainly falls in that category! Four American flags lead us to believe this was a pie commemorating the end of the Civil War and if we counted the number of tiny stars <span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-5, #DFDFE2);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">correctly<\/span>, it would be shortly after West Virginia became a state in 1863. A pair of white doves just above a floral wreath and beneath the dancing fairy also suggests a celebration of the end of the war. This extremely rare ambrotype is in excellent minus condition with extensive tinting. The tones and contrast are strong and there is a light line on the right side of the fairy in the background. The image is housed in a full case with a little loss on the back and the back rail. Don\u2019t miss on this opportunity as you\u2019ll surely never see it again! <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-5, #DFDFE2);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Opening bid $1,000&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1626\" height=\"1040\" src=\"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lot31-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lot31-1.jpg 1626w, https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lot31-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lot31-1-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lot31-1-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lot31-1-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lot31-1-1536x982.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1626px) 100vw, 1626px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1089\" height=\"1375\" src=\"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lot31a-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lot31a-1.jpg 1089w, https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lot31a-1-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lot31a-1-811x1024.jpg 811w, https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lot31a-1-119x150.jpg 119w, https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lot31a-1-768x970.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1089px) 100vw, 1089px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lot 31 Even after years of experience, a piece will come that makes you say wow! This quarter-plate ruby ambrotype still life of a celebratory decorative cream pie with a dancing fairy topper certainly falls in that category! Four American flags lead us to believe this was a pie commemorating the end of the Civil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1080","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1080"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4621,"href":"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1080\/revisions\/4621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitolgallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}