Hand Mirror
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Oval hand mirror covered in red-mottled paper and encrusted with ornamental shellwork on its mirrored side, including small conches around the mirror and iridescent periwinkles around the handle, all edged with gilt paper or composition ornament. Back side is covered with dark blue grained paper and has a brass hanging ring at top center. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Helen Freeman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.249973
label: catalog number
content: 249973
label: accession number
content: 48696
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mirror, hand
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: seashell (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: composition (adhesive material)
label: Physical Description
content: mirrored glass (mirror material)
label: Physical Description
content: paperboard (support material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (hanging ring material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 10 5/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 26.9875 cm x 12.065 cm