A Victorian Ebonised & Brass Optician’s Mirror c.1880 sub-Religion & Relics liked to engage in phrenology

liked to engage in phrenology using (usually plaster) phrenological heads like this one as maps for reading skull shapes

There are cosmetic deficiencies to the lacquer to note

Junior (for that is his current name) wears a herringbone-checked suit with white collar and black buttons

The filters all had different colours to aid highlight different

A Victorian Ebonised & Brass Optician’s Mirror c.1880 sub-Religion & Relics liked to engage in phrenologyOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 62. 75 Width: 13. 25 Diameter at Base: 10 The scarce high Victorian opticians mirror having a chased brass column with spiralled finial to a rectangular plate with octagonal canted corners, within an adjustable frame, the whole standing on a circular ebonised and draught turned weighted base with gilded highlights to bun feet and surviving in original condition. The