1929 50th Birthday Love Token Mirror with Feet and Handwritten Message on the Underside kenyan safari The handle at the middle

The handle at the middle of the lid probably once had a tassel attached

I think it's quite a wonderful little thing whatever the case

I'm not certain the age on these--I might guess 1940s

and turning it around reveals fancy cutouts on the back that the picture obscures

Missing the tip of one leg

1929 50th Birthday Love Token Mirror with Feet and Handwritten Message on the Underside kenyan safari The handle at the middleI'll never walk away from a very specific homemade token of love if I can help it, and there is so much I love rolled up into this one, including just a small fragment of a mirror, which is of little practical use but gives the whole charming creation at least some presumption of function while also making it feel very precious, as (earlier than this one) fragment mirrors certainly were. And clearly the Uncle William who made this had grand