Early 18th Century More Mirrors

From Italy Rome, a unique Louis XIV Pair of 1700s Italian Giled Terracotta Frames, they are almost a pair of similar form and age but with slight differences. The two lovely small oval frames were probably made for framing oval miniatures, they are empty now, come from a private Italian collection and can be used as mirrors. They are in good condition consistent with age, they are older than 300 years, with old restorations and minor losses in a few curls and small felures. See, closed-up picture details. It is more common to find these kinds of antique small frames...

A very good quality, 18th century, George II period mahogany dressing table mirror, having old rectangular plate set within gilded slip to elegant moulded frame, over well figured ba...

George I walnut and Parcel-gilt mirror, early 18th century The divided mirror plate in a moulded frame with a gilt slip and pierced and scroll carved...

A large early eighteenth century Baroque mirror, the profusely carved foliate giltwood frame housing a period mercury glass plate Circa 170...

Late 17th or early 18th century Italian Memento Mori silver gilt frame. This would have originally held a prayer or poem on paper or canvas. Now replaced with a antiqued distressed mirror...

A fabulous Italian Barocco carved and gilt wood mirror from the turn of the 17th and 18th century. This antique pier mirror from Italy has a nice 9 inch thick surround, which has bee...

Italian mirror in ebonized wood from the early eighteenth century.

An elaborate and rare Venetian interpretation of the East Asian Style which soared in popularity in the 18th Century. Bold, whimsical nature scenes with pavilions, birds, and ramblin...

This is a Period of the King Louis XV, very colorful and a deep green paint on the frame, those kind of trumeau are originally situate above a marble mantel.

A very rare carved gilt gesso dressing mirror. Queen Anne / George I period, c 1710-20. Decorated all over with the original finely carved gilt-gesso surfaces with typical circular punched reserves. The hinged fall reveals a shaped, fitted interior, gilded and japanned (lacquered) in red. Some external carved surfaces show very minor areas of wear revealing the authentic bole and gesso ground. Overall in superb condition. Measures: H: 39 1/2’’ (100 cm) D: 12 1/2’’ (31.5 cm) W: 17 3/4’’ (45.5 cm). Reminiscent of the work of London-based James Moore (c 1670-1726), a supreme exponent of the art of cut gesso and gilding. This dressing table mirror is possibly unique in this form, and as such has survived over 300 years in remarkably original state. It may have been part of a suite of furniture, would have been extremely costly, and very much the reserve of the aristocracy and the wealthy in the early part of the 18th century. For documented pieces by James Moore viz. The Royal Collection Trust Wikipedia - James Moore (furniture designer) James Moore (circa 1670 - October 1726) was established at Short's Gardens, St. Giles-in-the-Fields. He was in partnership with John Gumley from 1714 and, unlike his partner, did not advertise - the sole published reference to him being a notice of his death in The Weekly Journal or The British Gazetteer. As Royal cabinet-maker he supplied walnut and mahogany furniture for the Royal Household, The Royal Yacht, and the King's servants and mistresses, as well as the rich gilt-gesso work for which he is best known. Moore is especially renowned for gilt-gesso furniture: tables; looking glass frames; and candle stands. A pair of gilt-gesso side tables bearing the crowned cypher of George I in The Royal Collection, and the pair of candle stands en-suite are incised with his name - an unusual practice at the time. At Erddig, such furniture by Moore can be linked to surviving bills and receipts from James Moore and John Belchier, 1722-26. Gilt-gesso furniture is also encountered in fine Louis XlV and other European furniture of the period. Literature: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA ’The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture’ Hamlyn, London (Fourth Impression 1972) ill. 5, p. 363. One of a pair of looking glasses by James Moore, 1720. Erddig, Denbigh. The crest is reminiscent of that upon our dressing mirror, which we are offering here. Kreisel, Heinrich, 'Die Kunst Des Deutschen Mobels’ CH Beck, Munchen (1970) ill. 345, p. 347 - note similarities in the treatment of the top of the crest. This mirror was last seen in the collection of Augsburg Castle. Synge, Lanto, 'Great English Furniture' London (1991) p. 52. Refs: Symonds, R. W. 'A Royal Scrutoire', Connoisseur (June 1940) pp. 233-236. Symonds, R. W. ‘English Gesso Furniture’, The Antique Collector, Vol. XXVII (August 1956) p. 140. ‘A Golden Cabinet...

French Régence period giltwood "wedding" mirror, featuring a rectangular mercury glass plate with beaded surround and mirrored borders, foliage and scallop carved frame topped by a s...

Italian baroque mercury glass mirror with with frame in gilded wood, 1700s Venetian mirror with frame in gilded wood with gold leaf and mercury glass. Dating back to the 1700s. Go...

A very good quality George II period mahogany dressing Table mirror having shaped mirror plate enclosed within Gilded slip to shaped frame above well figured base And three drawer...

French 18th century Provencal mirror.

Wall mirror Swedish walnut Baroque brown frame, Sweden. A wall mirror made during the Baroque mirror in Sweden. Frame made from walnut. Later but ol...

This elegant George III parcel-gilt mirror of beautifully grained Honduras mahogany features a scrolled swan neck pediment with central cartouche and elaborate foliate carving. More ...

18th century, large Italian lacquered and giltwood mirror with rocaille motifs The large mirror in finely carved wood, gilded and lacquered, was made in the northern of Italy (Ven...

Magnificent 18th century Italian sconce-mirror.

French Early 18th Century Régence Vase and Birds Cresting Giltwood Mirror An early 18th century Régence giltwood mirror with a rectangular plate within an arched frame adorned with ...

French Regence 18th century mirror with a gold leaf finish. This small mirror is decorated in grapes and vines as well as a conucopia with fruit and flowers. This small period mirror...

Charming French period Regence mirror.