Lovely Old Carved Pine Wall Mounting Parlor or Shaving Mirror good news Nice aging to the paint

Nice aging to the paint

these have an older Bennington mark

If this had been done in porcelain or carved in a more refined way I think it might be too cute for me

With a hand-painted papier-mache head and a body sewn of two complementary brown and white patterned fabrics

it definitely has a lot of years on it

Lovely Old Carved Pine Wall Mounting Parlor or Shaving Mirror good news Nice aging to the paintIve 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