Boy with Hatchet, Victorian A.M. King General Store Advertising Pocket Mirror plate and bowl with some minor rusting around

with some minor rusting around the edges

4" x 5" x 7/16" overall

or else use it as a platform for displaying other things

is most definitely is that--to me it completely embodies why one might become obsessed with antique bentwood pantry boxes

which is much aged but still retaining some of its glorious lapis blue paint

Boy with Hatchet, Victorian A.M. King General Store Advertising Pocket Mirror plate and bowl with some minor rusting aroundI certainly come across a lot of Victorian trade cards, but much less often an Victorian advertising pocket mirror, and I really like the graphic of little boy in smart outfit and hatchet in hand, I suppose meant to illustrate the variety of clothing and "goods" available at A. M King at 489 Main Street. I haven't been able to track down a record of A. M. King, but I have a vague recollection of coming across a trade card from the same shop, my bet