Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Mirror with Painted Bird earthy brown stoneware bowl with no tears or loose

with no tears or loose seams or losses

with these black painted eyes with deep holes for the pupils at their centers

to the flower-like wheels of the truck

perched on the corner of the drafting table of an artist

but this one is all Nancy

Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Mirror with Painted Bird earthy brown stoneware bowl with no tears or looseEverything about this mirror with bird (original to it) is a a little wonky, which is much of what I love about it! The carved and polychromed bird veers just a hair to one side (which seems to be how it was made) and shows paint loss in a couple of spots, and the mirror is all kinds of aged all of which adds up to a thing with, to my eye, a whole lot of charm and personality. I know this was found in Pennsylvania and looks Pennsylvania German to me.