Wonderful Small 19th Century Treen Cased Mirror, Presumed Sailor Made carnival folk art but none that jump out

but none that jump out at all

evincing Shaker textiles

substantial scale at 12 3/8" l x 4 1/8" w x 5" t

but this is an original oil painting

Otherwise just perfectly distressed

Wonderful Small 19th Century Treen Cased Mirror, Presumed Sailor Made carnival folk art but none that jump outThe PA dealer I purchased this hand held mirror from described it as sailor made; I would trust that, and learned from the shop keeper that the dealer spent a lot of time in Maine and the construction of this feels akin to that of an antique cased compass. I just fell in love with it as a special feeling and aura full object, heavy in the hand and with a sense of magic to the mirror itself, held inside the case with some distance between it and a