Aura-Full, Very Heavy, Early American Mirror in Red Paint antique american sampler with some paint drips and

with some paint drips and a few spots of white paint also here and there

And then the wonderfully hatched and crosshatched squares divided into quadrants on either side (with star inside circle on the heaven-ward side)

there is wear and some tearing around the corners of the backing sheet

(And with a cat at their feet

what a turtleneck

Aura-Full, Very Heavy, Early American Mirror in Red Paint antique american sampler with some paint drips andI might have bought this one for myself it's impossible to communicate its presence and very surprising heft! through photos, but I can tell you it's a beautiful and special feeling thing. And I love a mirror that was likely the only one in a household, a precious thing this one with its original back, nailed on, forever sealing that mirror inside. Clad in early red paint and with most excellent aging and de silvering to the mirror over time.