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<p>[QUOTE="wcubed, post: 1265914, member: 12663"]Correct. Therein lies the puzzle, which we may never know the real answer</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No, there are no screw holes. Therefore, if the one pictured above is the original version (French, from the turn of the last century?), then anything else is a copy, or reproduction, which means I was incorrect in my first post calling this an original. So the question remains, how many times were copies made, and when? Who would the mirror have belonged to? I would naturally assume that would be either my great aunt, or grandmother, as my great grandparents only had two daughters. My grandmother moved out by the mid 30's as she got married. As previously stated, my great aunt would have still lived that side of the house until the mid 50's. (She was briefly married for a couple days, still lived at the farm, but had the marriage annulled as her husband turned out to be no good, the family didn't talk about it).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This mirror is a perfect example of why you leave old things in original condition! I know better, but in this case, I knew my wife would have thought it junk if I had given it to her in it's original condition. She does not really appreciate antiques like I do. If I still had the original mirror glass, it may have provided more clues.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wcubed, post: 1265914, member: 12663"]Correct. Therein lies the puzzle, which we may never know the real answer No, there are no screw holes. Therefore, if the one pictured above is the original version (French, from the turn of the last century?), then anything else is a copy, or reproduction, which means I was incorrect in my first post calling this an original. So the question remains, how many times were copies made, and when? Who would the mirror have belonged to? I would naturally assume that would be either my great aunt, or grandmother, as my great grandparents only had two daughters. My grandmother moved out by the mid 30's as she got married. As previously stated, my great aunt would have still lived that side of the house until the mid 50's. (She was briefly married for a couple days, still lived at the farm, but had the marriage annulled as her husband turned out to be no good, the family didn't talk about it). This mirror is a perfect example of why you leave old things in original condition! I know better, but in this case, I knew my wife would have thought it junk if I had given it to her in it's original condition. She does not really appreciate antiques like I do. If I still had the original mirror glass, it may have provided more clues.[/QUOTE]
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