Beautiful (and Indestructible) Antique Handheld Brass Mirror, Chas Harrison, NY antique carved stone book I'd call it brutalist

I'd call it brutalist

4 1/2" tall x 3 1/8" long x 2 5/8" wide and in excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks or other notable flaws that I can see

architect and avid collector who had a great collection of puppets and masks

making it useful atop a stack of papers

Beautiful (and Indestructible) Antique Handheld Brass Mirror, Chas Harrison, NY antique carved stone book I'd call it brutalistI 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