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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1265818, member: 5833"]Am I putting this together correctly that the last time something could have been added to the contents of the house where the mirror was located was in the mid-1950s, found by you c. 1984? So assessments of age similar to this one are not consistent with that chronology?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Before you covered over the back, did you see any holes that would have been for the screws that held on a decorative back as we see on 2 of the others? Wonder if they expected you would have to replace the mirror? Can't see anything made in the 50s or later being constructed this way. If yours has the screw holes, think we are looking at an older piece.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2018/1/10/0/b/3/0b3cd24e-aebc-42e7-beb8-4a020c64c16f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Before I got into other pretty things I collected kaleidoscopes. I can tell you that mirrors can fog & develop spots even in such a protected setting, & it does not take that many years. Condition of mirror may not be a good guide to age of item, particularly if back surface was unprotected.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1265818, member: 5833"]Am I putting this together correctly that the last time something could have been added to the contents of the house where the mirror was located was in the mid-1950s, found by you c. 1984? So assessments of age similar to this one are not consistent with that chronology? Before you covered over the back, did you see any holes that would have been for the screws that held on a decorative back as we see on 2 of the others? Wonder if they expected you would have to replace the mirror? Can't see anything made in the 50s or later being constructed this way. If yours has the screw holes, think we are looking at an older piece. [IMG]https://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2018/1/10/0/b/3/0b3cd24e-aebc-42e7-beb8-4a020c64c16f.jpg[/IMG] Before I got into other pretty things I collected kaleidoscopes. I can tell you that mirrors can fog & develop spots even in such a protected setting, & it does not take that many years. Condition of mirror may not be a good guide to age of item, particularly if back surface was unprotected.[/QUOTE]
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