Wonderful Small 19th Century Treen Cased Mirror, Presumed Sailor Made pine needle basket relatively humble one

relatively humble one

9" t x 2 3/8" w x 1 5/16" d and in very worn but stable condition

featuring 91 line drawn caricature portraits of types from "the Tool" to "the Investor" to the "Merry Widow"

Oh goodness

I'll never resist a nice folk art house if I can help it

Wonderful Small 19th Century Treen Cased Mirror, Presumed Sailor Made pine needle basket relatively humble oneThe PA dealer I purchased this hand held mirror from described it as sailor made; I would trust that, and learned from the shop keeper that the dealer spent a lot of time in Maine and the construction of this feels akin to that of an antique cased compass. I just fell in love with it as a special feeling and aura full object, heavy in the hand and with a sense of magic to the mirror itself, held inside the case with some distance between it and a