18th Century and Earlier Convex Mirrors

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

Round convex mirror cover with goatskin and brass details. Parchment is in varying shades of natural color. (High gloss polyester resin filled finish).

Urns and foliate carvings adorn this attractive piece.

An English silver gilt convex girandole bullseye mirror from the early 20th century, with eagle motif. Created in England during the early years of the 20th century, this silver girandole mirror attracts our attention with its eagle marking the upper section. His detailed winged extended, the eagle is showcasing a nice body torsion and is resting on foliage. The circular frame, surrounding a convex mirror plate, is accented with spheres whose dark hue contrasts beautifully with the silver gilt finish. With its great presence and lovely colors, this English bullseye mirror...

Embrace the opulence of Neoclassical design with this stunning 20th century American gilt wood framed large round convex mirror. Evoking the grandeur of classical design, its intrica...

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

French giltwood sunburst convex mirror. This stunning French carved gilt wood sunburst mirror has a warm aged patina and good scale. Beautiful aged convex mirror.

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

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 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...

19th century carved gilt convex mirror circa 1870. Fine quality circular convex wall mirror, surmounted by a right facing carved eagle wit...

This plain, carved, giltwood and ebonized convex looking round mirror glass has a moulded inner frame and a compound moulded outer frame with decorative gilded balls punctuating the ...