Scarce and Beautiful c. 1830-40s American Block-printed Paper Framed Travel Mirror in Original Paper Sleeve vintage sapling paint sign with quite a history on

with quite a history on it and many good years of use in it yet

as if to say hands--or bottoms--off

Another example that some of the most amazing things in the world are also some of the tiniest is this vintage Chinese hand-carved walnut featuring tiny depictions of  monks

and metal rings still attached

I believe it is an icepick

Scarce and Beautiful c. 1830-40s American Block-printed Paper Framed Travel Mirror in Original Paper Sleeve vintage sapling paint sign with quite a history onI 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