Early 18th Century Silver Gilt Oval Mirror

A beautiful pair of 18th century giltwood mirrors, dry stripped with their original preparation, mercury mirror plates. The carved wood frames feature an inner running shot moldin...

A beautifully proportioned carved 18th century period giltwood Chippendale wall mirror with acanthus leaf top, supported on 'C' shaped scrolls and trailing foliage surmounted on cri...

An George III oval Chippendale mirror, circa 1770. Carved in pine, the mirror is decorated with rococo C-scrolls and trailing foliage and flowers. The frame has been re-gilded but retains an old process silvered mirror plate. Affixed to the backboard is a label for the ‘Grosvenor House...

A truly stunning large scale 19th century French carved giltwood overmantle mirror. The intricate carving on the organic floral border that is depicted all the way around culminates ...

Sold as a set. A dramatic and distinctive 19th Century large oval wall mirror, the assured carving and decoration of the flower-studded foliag...

Englishcirca 1770 - 1780 Fine George III 18th century period carved giltwood oval mirror attributed to John Linnell. The carved and well-drawn oval medallion mirror with pearled and reed-gadrooned borders and a beaded slip, is below a surmounted carved urn with protruding wheat sheaf. The crisply carved swaggered urn has a fluted border centralised bow and flanked by ram-masks, issuing husk trails. The urn is supported on an 'Ionic' scrolled and fluted capital pedestal adorned with a shell and a beaded base. The trailing husks that flank the mirror are complemented with a vase-capped medallion apron with a pearled framed border and six carved flowered paterae. A vase-capped medallion frame with a pearled border framed by six flowered patterae features on a design by John Linnell, dated 1774 (H. Hayward and P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell, London, 1980, vol. II, fig. 196). A mirror with an identical carved apron was supplied to Sir Penistone Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne (1748-1819) for Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, or Melbourne House, Piccadilly, London. Possibly by descent to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Kerr, G. C. B., Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, sold Mssrs. Foster house sale, 9 March 1923, lot 944, 'An oval mirror, in carved and gilt frame, 26 in. wide'. Possibly acquired at that sale by Sir Charles Nall-Cain, Bt., 1st Lord Brocket (d. 1934) and by descent. A closely related but pair of mirrors, with additional husk festoons draped from the rams' mouths and eight rather than six paterae, was exhibited by Edward Nield at the Antique Dealer...

Wonderful 18th century silver gilt mirror. With decorative carved detailing and an original mercury glass plate. Circa 1780.

A superb 18th century oval gilt mirror with raised superstructure of a classical urn draped with tied husks, above foliate scrolls which continue down each side, ending in further tied tails of husks. Resting on a faux mantle...

A superb 18th century oval gilt mirror with raised superstructure of a classical urn draped with tied husks, above foliate scrolls which continue down each side, ending in further tied tails of husks. Resting on a faux mantle...

This elegant Adam mirror has a classical oval patera mirror border encompassing the looking glass. The crest has a central Adam urn with a burning flame fl...

French Baroque style giltwood mirror with elaborately carved floral decoration crowned with a basket of flowers on a pedestal boasting fanciful scroll-work. Original distressed glass...

Italian silver gilt mirror retaining its original Mecca silver gilding and original mirror plate which is remarkably aged over time. Please see photo of interior showing the drama of...