Heavy, Hand-painted Antique Folk Art Mirror with Figures, Quivers, Jointed Corners (and Worm Holes) antique Japanese marquetry box Victorian I believe

Victorian I believe

along with Clinton

black for mane and tail

striking and funny and tender and true all at once

with small brass nails for eyes

Heavy, Hand-painted Antique Folk Art Mirror with Figures, Quivers, Jointed Corners (and Worm Holes) antique Japanese marquetry box Victorian I believeDetails give the best sense of the hand painted decoration all around the face of this antique mirror, including of what I take for a little lamb (though maybe a dog) at the feet of the shepherdess, and what looks like a horn in the hands of her male counterpart on the other side facing her, and then quivers of arrows at top and bottom so let's call this a valentine! The paint is old and the whole thing quite heavy for its size, with jointed corners,