Excellent Old Bell System Telephone Lineman's Brass Pocket Mirror (for Splicing and Inspecting Wire) p. pohl harmonica this sort of bee box

this sort of bee box would be used to catch bees

but I think they're beautiful

down to chatelaine hanging down from her waist

this one came first and the other later as the maker refined their carving skills

which--appropriately--the US Embossing Co (who would go on to produce color cubes) was known for

Excellent Old Bell System Telephone Lineman's Brass Pocket Mirror (for Splicing and Inspecting Wire) p. pohl harmonica this sort of bee boxI found another of these mirrors years ago, which is what made me know to flip it over, see the Bell System type on the back, and grab it. These mirrors were issued to linemen who worked for Bell Telephone, to use inspecting the hidden undersides of telephone cable splices. I love picturing that, and also love the object hood of the mirror itself: heavy and substantial, not an easy one to loose track of, soldered at the corners and with a great