Scarce and Beautiful c. 1830-40s American Block-printed Paper Framed Travel Mirror in Original Paper Sleeve James Bone drawing with that barred window

with that barred window

with metal plates mending an old split from either side

and the contrast between his serious expression and the bright eyed

all of which I found pretty curious: this one adversing Goodlow (with Miss Lily) and their comic trampoline act

Scarce and Beautiful c. 1830-40s American Block-printed Paper Framed Travel Mirror in Original Paper Sleeve James Bone drawing with that barred windowI love everything I buy and sell in one way or another, but then there are the things I feel a special reverence for, handling as if precious jewels, and this is one of those. It is a travel mirror, American I do believe, c. 1830s 40s, framed in the most beautiful block printed paper (look closely and there is a gold leafed pattern printed on top of that best blue one), with hinged cover (in more beautiful block printed paper, over board) that folds