Post-Revolutionary War to Civil War
Outstanding (1824) Lafayette’s Visit Portrait Hand Mirror
(1824) Lafayette’s Visit to America Portrait Hand Mirror. Pewter Frame With Printed Portrait and Glass Inserts. With Integral Suspension Loop. Extremely Fine.
37.5mm. Historic and Extremely Rare specially with its Integral Suspension Loop intact. The period printed paper Engraved Portrait vignette of the Marquis de Lafayette is superb, as is the clear period glass covering it. The mirror side surface shows some scattered gaps and lines. The frame shows trivial light marks from actual use yet it has no significant problems. A prize for any collector of early American Patriotic and/or Lafayette related material. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, earlier from F.C.C. Boyd. Paper envelope with pedigree notation included. Great for display!