Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Mirror with Painted Bird earthy brown stoneware bowl with no tears or loose

with no tears or loose seams or losses

children in post mortem photos would be posed in a very reverent manner

7 full page wood engravings within borders & vignettes

but this one is all Nancy

with the Kansas City Star writing

Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Mirror with Painted Bird earthy brown stoneware bowl with no tears or looseEverything about this mirror with bird (original to it) is a a little wonky, which is much of what I love about it! The carved and polychromed bird veers just a hair to one side (which seems to be how it was made) and shows paint loss in a couple of spots, and the mirror is all kinds of aged all of which adds up to a thing with, to my eye, a whole lot of charm and personality. I know this was found in Pennsylvania and looks Pennsylvania German to me.