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<p>[QUOTE="Connie Osborne, post: 223275, member: 3301"]Hi Everyone!</p><p>It took me a while, but I wanted to see if anyone has any information on Mercury Glass mirrors.</p><p>I found this one, and it reminds me (in my mind) of something that would have been used upstairs in the saloon back in the Wild Wild West! I say this because I remember seeing something like this either on Antiques Road Show or American Pickers.</p><p>Any thoughts would be appreciated.</p><p>I can't picture it, but when you look on the mirror side with a magnifying loop you see gray/silver spheres everywhere, hence how i know it is true mercury glass.</p><p>I also noted the nails that it is fastened with and they look old too with the pinpoint in the center. It is 9 inches tall, 7 inches wide and the frame on the scalloped[ATTACH=full]66333[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66334[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66335[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66336[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66337[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66338[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66339[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66340[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66341[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66342[/ATTACH] side is almost 1 inch.</p><p>Again, I am new to all this, just love the hunt and value yall's opinions.</p><p>Thank you![ATTACH=full]66333[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Connie Osborne, post: 223275, member: 3301"]Hi Everyone! It took me a while, but I wanted to see if anyone has any information on Mercury Glass mirrors. I found this one, and it reminds me (in my mind) of something that would have been used upstairs in the saloon back in the Wild Wild West! I say this because I remember seeing something like this either on Antiques Road Show or American Pickers. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I can't picture it, but when you look on the mirror side with a magnifying loop you see gray/silver spheres everywhere, hence how i know it is true mercury glass. I also noted the nails that it is fastened with and they look old too with the pinpoint in the center. It is 9 inches tall, 7 inches wide and the frame on the scalloped[ATTACH=full]66333[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66334[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66335[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66336[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66337[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66338[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66339[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66340[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66341[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66342[/ATTACH] side is almost 1 inch. Again, I am new to all this, just love the hunt and value yall's opinions. Thank you![ATTACH=full]66333[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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