Lovely Old Carved Pine Wall Mounting Parlor or Shaving Mirror women cleaning There is a long tradition

There is a long tradition of Isleta redware

assisted by a contingent of soldiers

and though there are others fancier

5 inches long

4 3/4” l x 2 1/2” w x 3 1/4” t and in good condition excepting the fact that there might once have been a tail

Lovely Old Carved Pine Wall Mounting Parlor or Shaving Mirror women cleaning There is a long traditionIve been kind of obsessed with antique carved wooden drapery lately, and the sculptural carving of the twisting columns framing this mirror satisfies my eye in the same sort of way. I believe this would have been a shaving mirror, with small hooks for hanging brushes and ledges at top and bottom for setting combs, etc, though Ive not see another with cross bar at the top rather than towel bar at the the bottom; it has a groove in it, so perhaps it is