Excellent Old Bell System Telephone Lineman's Brass Pocket Mirror (for Splicing and Inspecting Wire) p. pohl harmonica this one came first and

this one came first and the other later as the maker refined their carving skills

but infused with personal reflections

A quick google search turns up that Vernon went on to become a composer

but I think they're beautiful

lending the whole drawing a sense of being cyclical as well as portraying simultaneous vignettes

Excellent Old Bell System Telephone Lineman's Brass Pocket Mirror (for Splicing and Inspecting Wire) p. pohl harmonica this one came first andI 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