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Rectangular toilet mirror, ca. 1870, Patinated bronze, gilt bronze

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Mirror

Rectangular toilet mirror

Maker unknown · ca. 1870

Medium: Patinated bronze, gilt bronze
Dimensions: Overall: 15 1/4 × 11 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (38.7 × 29.2 × 5.7 cm)
Accession: 1974.356.225
Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Culture: French

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