English Mirrors

Pair of English Regency gilt wood and gesso articulated carved foliage wall mirrors. Mirrors retain the original glass and wood backing. Early 19th century.

Very nice grape leaf wall mirror. Gold color. Leafs and grapes frame manufactured by Atsonea England 1970s Good condition.

A fine antique English barbola dressing table or vanity oval mirror with easel, circa 1920. This beautiful mirror has beveled glass and is crowned with a gesso floral swag. It would ...

Fine Regency giltwood convex mirror, the ebonized eagle with gilt head and shoulders standing on ribbed plinth with acanthus leaf supports, the turned frame...

A fine, georgian, burr walnut mirror with the original mirror plate. This beautiful mirror is very attractive, a practical size and versatile Finely figured, walnut burr veneers. ...

PRESENTING AN OUTSTANDING AND MONUMENTAL Early 19C Large English Baroque Gilt Floral Wall Mirror. English, circa 1810-20. In classic ‘Baroque’ style with scrolling acanthus and...

Antique Federal style gilt gold convex wall / console / pier mirror, distressed Antique, Federal Style, 19th C. round wall mirror bearing a subtle convex center glass. Detailing ...

Achingly pretty Georgian period mirror, gilt-gesso surround with reeded insert around the original mercury plate. The verre eglomise frieze of a harvest scene, with gilded edging. ...

Antique British neoclassical William Kent mirror. This English polychrome painted parcel gilt frame was created in the early 18th century, circa 1...

Fantastic Napoleon III style hand-carved giltwood rope and tassel wall mirror featuring a large bow finial on the crest. The thick nautical style ropes twist around the border ending...

An English vintage rectangular bamboo mirror from the mid-20th century, with rock and burlap décor. Created in England during the Midcentury period, this unusual mirror attracts the ...

Antique English round beveled Barbola mirror with flowers that flow across the top, now finished in smooth aged white paint. The mirror has the original hardwood back & easel. There...

An English vintage rectangular bamboo mirror from the mid-20th century, with rock and burlap décor. Created in England during the Midcentury period, this unusual mirror attracts the ...

With perfectly burnished surface with wonderful gilt accents with broken arch pediment with central cartouche over a mirror plate set in a conforming frame with bead and reel and aca...

An Arts & Crafts Hammered Wall Mirror, early 20th century of circular form, decorated with four applied studded roundels. In very good condition commensurate with age.

A delightful 19th century Regency period giltwood and gesso overmantle mirror having triple sectioned mirror plate bordered by elegant half turned columns and lotus leaf carved decoration. As the name suggests overmantle mirrors were made to sit on, or just above the mantelpiece in large Georgian and Regency...

Large antique Victorian quality mahogany dressing table mirror having a quality domed top mahogany framed adjustable swing mirror supported by two circular tapering columns with ori ...

A fine English square mirror from the Art Deco period, featuring a frame of reflective copper colored mirrored glass around a mirrored glass center. Measures: H 20 1/4 inches x W ...

An charming English mid-century emerald green Japanned trumeau mirror, with a naive scene above and mirror plate below.

English Adams style giltwood wall mirror with delicate swags coming from the gilt ribbon design on the top of the mirror. A graceful urn is a focal point...

Antique English Arts And Crafts Polished brass mirror Liberty and Co London C.1900 Hammered brass frame, bevelled mirror (good condition, no foxing). Presented in excellent cond...

Late 19th Century to 1900s English mirror. Hand painted with raised Chinoiserie details. Beautiful green tone.

George III Style Gilt-Wood Mirror. Having an Oval mirror plate, surrounded by a foliate carved giltwood fame. The oval frame with 2 carved Ho Ho Birds below the carved with a cen...

Georgian style inlaid mirror with the crest featuring gilded phoenix, the original beveled mirror surrounded by gilded molding, lower portion with inlaid...

Fine George II gesso carved giltwood mirror, the central cartouche with foliate carved detail, flanked by a stepped arched pediment with gadrooned molding, the frame with relief gess...

A circa 1950's English gilt wood mirror with convex glass. Measurements: diameter: 22.75"

K0574 Superb Victorian overmantle giltwood mirror, having original plate with minor imperceptions in gilded frame with reeded columns, acanthus le...

A slender oak mirror with original glass from an English train car.

A very fine 19th Century giltwood overmantle or hall mirror. The mirror glass plate of oval form set within a stunning hand carved, moulded giltwood frame with foliate and reeded bor...

An English Neo-Gothic caved-wood mirror from the 19th century. This antique wall mirror from England is rectangular-shaped with prominent square accents at each corner. Diamond-shape...

Antique English Reverse Painted 'Hey Diddle Diddle' Eglomise Child's Mirror England, Circa 1850s A true rarity, a diminutive gilt Eglomise /reverse painted mirror depicting the English nursery rhyme Hey diddle, diddle!. Finely executed with gilt split column frame, with the upper-section hand painted highly detailed glass panel illustrating the children's nursery rhyme 'Hey diddle, diddle!' 'Hey diddle, diddle! The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon...

Giltwood Neoclassical mirror. One large rectangular mirror surrounded by ebonized moldings flanked by 2 smaller panels below a ebonized composition panel below acorn & gilt crown molding.

An octagonal Art & Crafts mirror of octagonal form with grape leaf and vine decoration on a raised pin ground, retaining original beveled glass and backboard.

Pair of mid 19th century Gilt and Gesso Girandole mirrors, the original bevelled glass plates within a moulded egg and dart decorated frame, each suspen...

Art Deco Dressing Mirror by Betty Joel. Geometric shaped solid walnut frame with the mirror in good condition also with shaped top. Dimensions: H 79cm W...

Huge English painted pine mirror. Mixtures of old paint. 1890. Reference: 7617 Dimensions 77 inches (196 cms) Wide 2 inches (5 cms) Deep 101 inches (257 cms) High.

Very fine George II period giltwood mirror, the swan neck pediment with foliate carved scrolls surrounding central shell carved cartouche, the whole w...

Unusual 19th C English arched window mirror with remains of old paint. 1890. Reference: 7584 Dimensions 62.5 inches (159 cms) wide 1.5 inc...

An Arts & Crafts oval mirror covered in hand hammered and punched polishedpewter, with two copper cabochons and original beveled glass and backboard. Good scale and striking finish.

A very attractive mid-19th century gilt pier mirror, of unusually small proportions, having elegant foliate pattern verre églomisé pane...

Lovely limed oak mirror Very simple with just the rather nice gadrooned edge to the frame In baroque style Recently limed. Original bevelled mirr...

Art Deco cobalt blue trimmed mirror with aluminum corner mounts.

An exceptional and beautifully preserved rare pair of period George II looking glasses in the style of William Kent (1685-1748) with beveled mirror plates. The burled walnut tablet is bound by Greek eared-architraves with acanthus detailing and oak leaf and acorn garlands. The whole is surmounted by a graceful swan-neck pediment and a central pierced and carved cartouche...

Antique English Arts And Crafts hammered copper oval mirror C.1890 Attributed to Liberty & Co. London. A good size mirror, with bevelled glass and a beautiful rich patina to th...

A circa 1950's English bamboo mirror. Measurements: Height: 53.75" Width: 28" Depth: 1/2".

Very fine early Georgian walnut and parcel gilt mirror, the scalloped crest with inset carved gesso and gilt scallop shell over molded frame surrounding original shaped and beveled m...

A fine pair of cut and faceted glass mirrors, housed in their original ebonised frames. Age related pitting to the mirror plates, minor wear to...

A beautiful and very high quality original antique Adam Style mirror in gilt wood and gesso. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1890-1910 period. This is very well m...

A fine period English convex mirror from the Regency era featuring a design of bowed Classical columns around a ribbed outer circumference with traces of the original period gilding,...

This is a fine quality English Sheraton period antique Toilet Mirror, dating to the late 18th century, late Georgian period, circa 1810. The m...

A pair of double plate giltwood pier glasses, one George 1 and the other made to match by George Paton carver and gilder to Queen Victoria, each with the original, probably Queen Anne, shaped and bevelled glasses, the upper plate arched and cut with a central Brunswick star above a border of scrolls along the lower edge, all within a gadrooned frame carved in high and shallow relief with pendant bellflowers and scrolling foliage issuing from flowerheads, the swan-neck pediment centred on a cartouche. One Georgian circa 1730 and the other circa 1840. The older one with a paper label stating ‘Hugh Paton, Printseller and Picture Frame Maker…Her Majesty’s carver and gilder’. English. Footnote: The George I mirror, made c.1730, is an intriguing design that is based on the popular tabernacle shape that was a favourite of the Palladian designers in England such as William Kent and John Vardy. However, the way the slip inside the mirror is shaped indicates the Queen Anne period. This could be particularly significant as both plates in this mirror are original and may well have been re-used Queen Anne period plates. It was very common in even the grandest of homes to update mirrors by changing the style of the frame to suit the latest fashion whilst retaining and re-using the valuable mirror glass itself. This seems all the more likely with the present mirror due to the wonderful engraved Brunswick star and other designs on the top plate-again this form of decoration tends to be associated with mirrors from the William and Mary and Queen Anne periods and is almost always a sign of the highest quality as well. Although it has not been possible to find any provenance for this particular pair of mirrors, we are able to make several educated guesses due to the label on the back of one of them. The label is that of Hugh Paton, a very important and well-known mid-19th century tradesman based in Edinburgh (see below for more details about his business). Paton advertised widely in the Scottish press and from 1842 onwards he began to use the phrase “Carver and gilder to the Queen”, later amended to “Carver and gilder to the Queen and HRH The Duchess of Kent”. Although the Paton business continued under the control of his son, Hugh Paton himself had died by 1867. Therefore, our mirrors must have passed through his hands before that point. It was common practice for restorers to add their label to the back of pieces that they had worked on in some way and it is highly likely that Paton was asked to re-gild the George I mirror and then make a copy to match at the same time. The quality of the copy is quite remarkable and it is virtually impossible to tell the pair apart when viewed on the wall. Given Paton’s reputation and the location of his business, it is likely that the George I mirror belonged to a Scottish family of some prominence who then sought out the very best local gilder to work on their piece and make them a copy. Hugh Paton and his Business Hugh Paton’s business is recorded from 1827-1867, becoming Hugh Paton and Sons after his death in 1868 and flourishing until c.1892. During that time the firm occupied many different premises in Edinburgh including in Princes Street and Adam Square. Unfortunately, the relevant part of the label on our mirrors is damaged so we cannot say with certainty where the firm was based at the time that the mirrors were handled but, as stated above, the presence of the royal crest proves that the date must have been post-1842 and pre-1867 when the name of the firm was changed. As such, the firm would have either been based in Adam Square or at 10 Princes Street. Although it was common for tradesmen and women of this period to have had multi-faceted businesses, Paton operated in a truly astonishing number of markets. A brief biography of the man is maintained on the Science Museum website as he won the contract in 1851 to print the timetables for all of the railway services leaving from Edinburgh and Glasgow. An advert in the Glasgow Sentinel on the 8th of March 1851 mentioned Paton opening new premises in Glasgow specifically to print these timetables and mention was made of the fact that he had received permission to run adverts in the timetable booklets. This is just one example of Paton’s enterprising nature. The same advert described his business as “Printer and publisher, picture frame-maker and print-publisher, carver and gilder to the Queen and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent”. Later in the same advert, Paton mentioned that he was taking orders for “window...

18th century English carved giltwood mirror with tree of life motif featuring snakes, snails and birds. The mirror interior measurements are: 42 inch...

A fantastic 19th century giltwood mirror of large proportions. The mirror glass plate of rectangular form set within a stunningly hand carved, moulded giltwood frame flanked with bor...

An English painted wall mirror from the mid 20th century, with carved openwork motifs, black and golden tones and distressed finish. Created in England during the second quarter of t...

A fabulous 19th Century giltwood overmantle mirror in the manner of Adams. The mirror glass plate of rectangular form set within a beautifully hand carved and moulded giltwood frame....

Early Nineteenth Century George III or Regency Eglomise Mirror of Carved Beechwood. The rectangular mirror plate flanked by eglomise panels of tassels, each hung with medallions of trophies and classical figures, surmounted by an eglomise panel reserved with an oval print...

A fantastic 19th century giltwood hall or overmantle mirror of large proportions. The mirror glass plate of rectangular form set within an elegantly simple, hand carved moulded giltw...

Huge pair of 19th C English Gothic arched window mirrors with remains of old paint. 1860. Mirror plates are newly installed. Dimensions 64 ...