Beautiful (and Indestructible) Antique Handheld Brass Mirror, Chas Harrison, NY antique carved stone book 7 1/16" across at handle

7 1/16" across at handle

14 3/8” l x 7/8” w and in good condition

I especially love the choice of blue paint for face

as its round and flat form is a common one among them

I'd call it brutalist

Beautiful (and Indestructible) Antique Handheld Brass Mirror, Chas Harrison, NY antique carved stone book 7 1/16" across at handleI found this one at Brimfield, and spent quite a while talking with the dealer I purchased it from about it, whose eye, and sensibilities, I really like. He thought it likely a mirror carried by someone in the military small, solid, and seeming pretty much indestructible, it seems very much suited for life in the trenches. I love the way it feels to hold heavy and thick and very sturdy, and a bit like a fragment mirror in terms of its scale and also