Wall mirror. Mahogany, mahogany veneer, pine, mirrored glass. Vertical rectangular form with scroll pediment top. Double arch molding surrounding original two-part bevelled glass. Old inscription written on the reverse of the mirror: " For/Capt. Jonas Rowlandson/in/Newbury."
wall mirrors
mirrors
carving (processes)
mahogany (wood)
veneer
mirrors
pine (wood)
wood (plant material)
glass (material)
Wood
Pine
Mahogany
Glass
Carved
Queen Anne
Mahogany Veneer
Mirror, Wall
Penned or handwritten on the reverse at the top of the mirror: ""For/Capt. Jonas Rowlandson/in/Newbury"" . The last name is indistinct.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
36 1/4 x 13 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1388
Massachusetts (United States)
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