it's an oversized match striker
I really love a 19th century miniature portrait
especially the handling and of the face and that fantastic mane
Bio (courtesy MGH Discovered Art):
it has an irregularly faceted form and interesting surface showing a mix of cream
Beautiful (and Indestructible) Antique Handheld Brass Mirror, Chas Harrison, NY walnut toy top it's an oversized match strikerI 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