Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Mirror with Painted Bird 1925 american legion medal and would take some work

and would take some work to get apart

) Really a lovely deck

and to my eye is just a beautiful thing

and that this vessel was made using a mold

I picked this one up yesterday in Northwood New Hampshire

Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Mirror with Painted Bird 1925 american legion medal and would take some workEverything about this mirror with bird (original to it) is a a little wonky, which is much of what I love about it! The carved and polychromed bird veers just a hair to one side (which seems to be how it was made) and shows paint loss in a couple of spots, and the mirror is all kinds of aged all of which adds up to a thing with, to my eye, a whole lot of charm and personality. I know this was found in Pennsylvania and looks Pennsylvania German to me.