Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Mirror with Painted Bird cat story The bottom still has its

The bottom still has its red felt attached

and no wonder--hard to beat a classic design object housed in a box with "The Psychological Corporation New York

but still really a lovely thing that would be great framed

and the binding is a bit fragile but it is holding together more or less ok and the writing throughout is dark and clear

Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Mirror with Painted Bird cat story The bottom still has itsEverything about this mirror with bird (original to it) is a a little wonky, which is much of what I love about it! The carved and polychromed bird veers just a hair to one side (which seems to be how it was made) and shows paint loss in a couple of spots, and the mirror is all kinds of aged all of which adds up to a thing with, to my eye, a whole lot of charm and personality. I know this was found in Pennsylvania and looks Pennsylvania German to me.