Very Scarce c. 1910s-20s New England Brick Company Advertising Mirror (3 1/2") carving of bus and it looks very much

and it looks very much like ancient Aksumite heads

with some loss to the red paint decorating the spine but the painted cartouche on the face just perfect

and "the strength of sin is the law" written on a banner swirling around Eve like a snake

I found a similar one listed as Napoleonic prisoner of war

not shedding anywhere and not very fragile

Very Scarce c. 1910s-20s New England Brick Company Advertising Mirror (3 1/2") carving of bus and it looks very muchI 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