Excellent Old Bell System Telephone Lineman's Brass Pocket Mirror (for Splicing and Inspecting Wire) push button toy but think they're lovely regardless

but think they're lovely regardless

with perfect aging to the creamy white and gold paint

here with this marvelous patterning in very black ink

This sixth plate tintype is an example

with a couple of the red ones bordering on orange

Excellent Old Bell System Telephone Lineman's Brass Pocket Mirror (for Splicing and Inspecting Wire) push button toy but think they're lovely regardlessI found another of these mirrors years ago, which is what made me know to flip it over, see the Bell System type on the back, and grab it. These mirrors were issued to linemen who worked for Bell Telephone, to use inspecting the hidden undersides of telephone cable splices. I love picturing that, and also love the object hood of the mirror itself: heavy and substantial, not an easy one to loose track of, soldered at the corners and with a great