Stunning, Large 19th Century Chip Carved Frame With Original Back and Hanging Chain (and New Mirror) procelain suggesting it would have been

suggesting it would have been hung

issued as a promotional deck by the Sandusky Cement Co--a nationally known cement company founded in 1892

with wire fitting between his legs and running to a simple base

with a scattered of what look very much like sesame seeds along the darker brown stripes

mounted to backing paper as found

Stunning, Large 19th Century Chip Carved Frame With Original Back and Hanging Chain (and New Mirror) procelain suggesting it would have beenSometimes I forget not to buy anything large and heavy, but I saw this, my heart jumped, and so here it is, purchased from a great dealer in Lancaster County, PA, from whom I've purchased a handful of really wonderful things over the past few years. It is an old one, 19th century for sure, with the sort of beautiful softening to the edges of the chip carved layers, and weathering to the painted surface (milk paint I believe) that only happens over