1810s Convex Mirrors

This Italian antique early 19th century round convex wall mirror featuring the original mercury mirror plate housed in a giltwood and ebonize...

19th century convex mirror with original glass from the Regency period. Beautiful water gilding.

A pair of Regency style giltwood and parcel-ebonized convex dolphin mirrors from the 21st century. Each mirror presents a distressed convex round mirror...

Urns and foliate carvings adorn this attractive piece.

Stunning gilt convex mirror circa 1850. The mirror features a concave frame, decorated water gilded spheres, inset with an ebony reeded slip. The mirror plate is original, ornate car...

Carved and gilt with a fine three- dimensional eagle crest holding a ball on a chain in its beak. It stands on a pedestal In an energetic pose with one win...

Nineteenth century giltwood convex wall mirror with ball and ribbon decoration.

Exceptional English Regency style convex Girandole mirror made by Friedman Brothers decorative arts. Painstaking model of an 18th century hand-...

English Regency giltwood convex mirror, circa 1810. Featuring elaborate carving at top and bottom of acanthus leaves and scrolls, with two single graceful girandole. Bull's-eye mirro...

19th Century Federal Eagle Round Gilt Wood Frame Mirror. The frame consists of 15 round balls framed by garlands and flowers with an eagle with wide spread wings atop of frame.

A fine gilt and ebony octagonal round glass convex mirror in the manner of Thomas Hope with ebonized star decoration. We are currently working to a 30-36 week lead time.

A truly fabulous, important, rare and grand proportioned Regency giltwood convex mirror. The substantial frame carved with overlapping laurel leaves and berries, supporting to boldly carved acanthus candelabra with original cut-glass drip pans and gilt bronze nozzles. The gilding has aged to a deep rich colour. This fabulous and incredibly grand masterpiece retains its original convex mirror plate. One of the finest period convex mirrors ever made. The creation of convex mirrors became possible with the development of glass blowing. When the glassblower created a small glass bulb, they were filled with a metallic mixture of lead and tin while still hot. Once cooled, the bulbs were cut into smaller pieces and could be used as hand an pocket mirrors. They were used as fashionable pieces of jewelry and were often encased with gold, silver, ivory and tortoiseshell. The Empire circular convex mirror was introduced from France, where they had been made as early as 1756. This style of mirror became so popular under the heading ‘Mirrors’, in Sheraton’s 'Cabinet Dictionary' (1803), that they are the only style mentioned. Convex mirrors were said to “strengthen the colour and take off the coarseness of objects by contracting them”. Convex mirrors produced on a larger scale were both practical and intriguing. While they distort the image that they reflect, they also magnify light...