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Hand Mirror

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-6577

Description

Wood frame; handle flares at end, has single knop-like swelling before joining circular mirror face; edges of face are rounded by thin inner rim; glass has beveled edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

11.25 x 6.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1361

Places

Possibly
Possibly

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