Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without. These were words to live by in the days before mass production, online shopping and overnight shipping.
This leaf-shaped hand mirror in an irregular wooden frame is a “make-do” mirror, made by setting a broken mirror in a frame so it could still be used. It sold for $438 at Cowan’s Auctions. The shape of the mirror and the chip carving on its frame…