A Victorian Ebonised & Brass Optician’s Mirror c.1880 sub-Religion & Relics liked to engage in phrenology

liked to engage in phrenology using (usually plaster) phrenological heads like this one as maps for reading skull shapes

There are then three woven borders of differing widths and a dotted white accent to highlight these

There are no major losses to the carved decoration and she stands well and stable

Junior (for that is his current name) wears a herringbone-checked suit with white collar and black buttons

A Victorian Ebonised & Brass Optician’s Mirror c.1880 sub-Religion & Relics liked to engage in phrenologyOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 62. 75 Width: 13. 25 Diameter at Base: 10 The scarce high Victorian opticians mirror having a chased brass column with spiralled finial to a rectangular plate with octagonal canted corners, within an adjustable frame, the whole standing on a circular ebonised and draught turned weighted base with gilded highlights to bun feet and surviving in original condition. The