Very Scarce c. 1910s-20s New England Brick Company Advertising Mirror (3 1/2") oval frame (It seems it must have

(It seems it must have been something more than just a coin bank

I'm always looking for old folk art oil and board landscapes in this manner--honest and completely unfussy--this one depicting a view of the Merimere Reservoir in Meriden Connectcut

this hand-drawn postcard quite likely took inspiration from one of them

including on the bottom of both the box and the interior tray

Very Scarce c. 1910s-20s New England Brick Company Advertising Mirror (3 1/2") oval frame (It seems it must haveI found this one in Cambridge MA, just a few miles from Devonshire St. in Boston, where the New England Brick Co, founded in 1900 as a consolidation of numerous brick manufacturing plants across New England and New York, had its offices. At its height, the company controlled over 30 brickyards in the Northeast, with NEBCO's "Harvard Bricks," advertised on this mirror, extensively used in the 1910s 1920s construction of Georgian Revival buildings