Forever Sealed Old Smoky Mirror in Oval Wooden Frame Lawrence MA history Old Maid in its current

Old Maid in its current incarnation dates to the early 1880s

another obsession that has revealed itself through my picking is one for unusual boxes of all shapes and sizes

Brown and Co

or for transporting food to a temple

The tray measures 15 1/4" long x 6 1/2" wide x 1 1/2" deep

Forever Sealed Old Smoky Mirror in Oval Wooden Frame Lawrence MA history Old Maid in its currentI assume the smokiness of this mirror is product of age and circumstance, and the fact that it is tightly sealed inside, so impossible to remove the mirror from the frame in order to replace it. There is really no seam visible at all on the frame, but I believe a piece of veneered wood must have been laid over the backside, glued, and trimmed exactly to match the edge. I of course love the idea of a completely and forever trapped mirror as well as its