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Hand Mirror

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1780-1820

GUSN

GUSN-2886

Description

Oblong form set with conforming mirror plate; tapering handle with blunt end pierced with a hanging hole. The back is set with oblong piece of unfinished pine; the frame is stained brown.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hand mirrors
mirrors
mahogany (wood)
mirrors
pine (wood)
glass (material)
pine (wood)
Mahogany
Pine
Glass
MIRROR, HAND

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16.25 x 7.25 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1352

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