Excellent Old Bell System Telephone Lineman's Brass Pocket Mirror (for Splicing and Inspecting Wire) push button toy Perhaps nice to have the

Perhaps nice to have the two together to use somehow (a pretty little pillow they would make) so I'm selling as a pair

but think they're lovely regardless

This sixth plate tintype is an example

Clearly Polly Este

Excellent Old Bell System Telephone Lineman's Brass Pocket Mirror (for Splicing and Inspecting Wire) push button toy Perhaps nice to have theI 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