Boy with Hatchet, Victorian A.M. King General Store Advertising Pocket Mirror plate and bowl and was most popular in

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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

I found this one at Brimfield and it is quite an extraordinary and beautiful piece of work--a Chinese embroidery on silk

Boy with Hatchet, Victorian A.M. King General Store Advertising Pocket Mirror plate and bowl and was most popular inI 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