Scarce and Beautiful c. 1830-40s American Block-printed Paper Framed Travel Mirror in Original Paper Sleeve carved kneeling figure Total love for this sweet

Total love for this sweet thing and for the dear girl who made it for her friend Esther MClure (or Esther M Clure

but it was clearly carved as its own piece

with plaited cedar bark rims and bases

3" across at foot

Scarce and Beautiful c. 1830-40s American Block-printed Paper Framed Travel Mirror in Original Paper Sleeve carved kneeling figure Total love for this sweetI 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