THREE PRE-1900 ADVERTSING POCKET MIRRORS W/TWO SHELL CARDS AND ONE RARE ALL CELLULOID FOR "WOLVERINE".
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Starting Bid:
$118.00
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 15, 2022 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
Silvering is 98% intact or better on all three with a little cloudiness on the perimeter of the celluloid mirror. The two brass shell mirrors are each 1.5" with the second twice as thick as its side edge holds 13 (as made) straight pins. This one also carries text "Pat. Sep. 5-1876". The first mirror with near full brass luster is for a tea called "Great Sun Sun Chop/Trade Mark/The Great American Tea Co's 31 33 35 & 37 Vesey St. N.Y." Exc. Second, which has lost most luster, is for "Valentine's Chicago Varnishes". Fine. Last, and rare as the earliest form of celluloid pocket mirror, is a 1-15/16" all celluloid case holding the mirror. The unique feature is that the celluloid extends around the edges as a single piece and thus forms the rim holding the mirror in place. Unmarked, but likely by Whitehead & Hoag, who soon after 1896 introduced the typical ad mirror made with a printed paper covered by thin celluloid and with a metal collet used to secure the mirror. This example names "Wolverine" in "Grand Rapids, Mich.", likely the maker's of now famous workboots and gloves. Exc.
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