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Early 19th Century Foxed Mercury Plate Mirror
Located in Conwy, GB
An early 19th century mercury plate mirror.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
Early 19th Century Gold French Mercury Plate Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
Early 19th century french mercury plate mirror
Gilt gesso over wood, with an incredible foxed
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Rococo Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Trio of Small Foxed Mercury Glass Mirrors
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Trio of Small Foxed Mercury Plate Mirrors, found in original painted blue frames. Heavily
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
French Directoire Period Trumeau Mirror, Interior Scene, Circa 1800
Located in Doylestown, PA
frame and mercury plate mirror. Delivery to NY, CT NJ metro area is $200.
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Directoire Trumeau Mirrors
Materials
Canvas, Mirror, Paint
Ornate French Gilded Bronze & Marble Dressing Mirror C1880
Located in Southampton, GB
Double sided mercury plated mirror, gilded bronze with detailed outer rim, sitting on a marble
Category
Antique 19th Century French Table Mirrors
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique French Monumental Gold Leaf Gilt Mirror, 1890
Located in Miami, FL
gilding is exceptional and in very good authentic condition.
The mirror plate is the genuine mercury
Category
Antique 1890s French Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Giltwood Wall mirror with 18th Century Mercury Mirror Plate
Located in Reepham, GB
bevelled edge mercury mirror plate is housed in a later classic rectangular gilded frame mounted with a
Category
Antique 18th Century Girandoles
Materials
Giltwood
Rectangular Bevelled Giltwood Mirror with 19th C Mercury mirror plate
Located in Reepham, GB
A stunning rectangular giltwood mirror with a distinctive 19th Century beveled mercury mirror
Category
Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
H 17.33 in W 29.53 in D 1.58 in
Early 19th Century Italian Tuscan Carved Mirror With Mercury Plate
Located in London, GB
A charming late 18th/early 19th century carved timber mirror from Tuscany. Beautifully patinated
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Oak
18th Century Italian Silver Gilt Mirror with Mercury Glass Plate
Located in London, GB
A fine 18th century carved and silver gilt Italian mirror, with mercury glass plate.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Silver Leaf
SUBLIME 1920'S ART DECO MERCURY PLATE VENETiAN HARDWOOD FRAMED OVAL MIRROR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
circa 1920's Oval wall mirror with original Mercury plate glass
Please note the delivery fee listed is
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Hardwood
19th C. Ebonised Italian Mercury Ripple Frame Mirror
Located in London, GB
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Beautiful heavily foxed original sparkly mercury mirror plate.
Category
Antique 1870s Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Large french old mercury mirror in copper metal, 1930
Located in LYON, FR
mirror in copper-plated metal. The mercury mirror has a unique patina as well as significant pitting and
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Wall Mirrors
Materials
Copper
Large Late 19th C. Mercury Brass Bistro Mirror
Located in London, GB
A large late 19th C. Lyonnais brass bistro mirror
Original foxed mercury glass mirror plate
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Brass
18th c. Italian Baroque Mirror in Original Giltwood with Original Mirror Plates
Located in Wichita, KS
giltwood and mercury plates, circa 1740. Standing on two scrolled feet with finely carved, pierced
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
H 59 in W 39.38 in D 2 in
Early 19th Century Neoclassical Mirror with Queen Anne Plate
Located in Greenwich, CT
beveled mercury glass plate that already 100 years old when the rest of it was made. Because the glass was
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Baroque Carved Giltwood Mirror with Original Plate, Denmark, circa 1700
Located in Kinderhook, NY
bevelled mirror plate with attractive patination.
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Danish Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
18th Century Italian Walnut Lombardy Bureau Cabinet
Located in London, GB
with mercury plate mirrors, which enclose three shelves, surmounted by a shaped cornice; the whole
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Cabinets
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Wood
1970s Vintage Italian Geometric Diamond Shape Black & Mirrored Plate Kite Mirror
By Rimadesio
Located in New York, NY
Stunning Italian 1970s Rimadesio Vintage Italian black and clear mirrored geometric kite-shaped
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace...
Materials
Aluminum
H 47.25 in W 31.6 in D 1 in
Pair of Georgian Style Split Plate Mirrors manner of John Belchier
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
century. The glass in the mirror is hand beveled and done in the split plate style as well as being
Category
Early 20th Century Italian George I Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood, Wood, Mirror
19th Century Brass Reeded Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
minimalist lines, notable features include antique mercury mirror plate.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Brass
Antique Palladian Style Fireplace Mantel in Marrone Breccia Marble
Located in London, GB
marble, surmounts the beveled original mercury plate mirror within a Belgian Black fielded panel. This is
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Palladian Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Breccia Marble
Italian C18th Giltwood Mirror
Located in London, GB
mercury glass plate set within a mirrored frame surrounded by continuous zig-zag carving. The pierced
Category
Antique 18th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
English Regency Giltwood Overmantle Mirror
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
mirror plate. The whole dry scraped back to reveal the original water gilding.
Circa 1825.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
An 18th Century Walnut Dressing Mirror
Located in London, GB
back strut, retaining the original mercury mirror plate.
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Table Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Silvered Bronze Free Standing Vanity Table Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
, circa 1870, the freestanding table mirror with the original beveled mercury glass, features a centered
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Table Mirrors
Materials
Bronze, Silver Plate
H 20 in W 13 in D 1 in
Large Gio Ponti Style Mirror
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
in original vintage condition with antique mercury mirror plate. Italy, circa 1940's
Dimensions: 36
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Baroque Revival Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
A George III Irish Oval ‘All Glass’ Mirror
Located in London, GB
The oval mercury mirror plate (later replacement), with faceted cobalt blue glass frame
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Irish George III Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mercury Glass
19th Century Giltwood Fluted Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
Early 19th century fluted giltwood mirror frame surrounding original mercury mirror split-plate
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Napoleon III Giltwood Parclose Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
bevelled mercury glass mirror plate. The design is extremely decorative, its crest featuring a handsome
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Large 19th Century Italian Gilt Baroque Mirror
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
foxed mercury mirror plate.
Circa 1850.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Period Trumeau Mirror with Swag and Roses
Located in Atlanta, GA
ribbon-tied swag that seems to be holding delicate roses. The original split mercury glass mirror plate
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Trumeau Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Wood, Giltwood
H 66.75 in W 29.75 in D 1 in
George I Painted and Gilt Wall Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
58cm, Width 32.5cm, Depth 2.5cm
Mercury Mirror Plate Height 41cm, Width 24cm
Category
Antique 1720s English George I Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Large Florentine Late 18th Century Giltwood Mirror
Located in London, GB
border of deeply carved repeating foliate designs, with mercury mirror plate.
Height 170.00cm.
Width
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Large oversized 19th Century Yew Veneered Mirror
Located in London, GB
Mary circa 1680. Original materials including pine and mercury mirror plate, with a veneer of Yew. The
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Pine, Yew
18th c. French Marginal Glass Louis XIV Period Giltwood Mirror
Located in Wichita, KS
A classic Louis XIV period mirror in the manner of Jean Bérain. Original mercury mirror plates
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mercury Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Pair of George III Style Green Mirrors
By Waterford Crystal
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th / early 20th century. This pair are of good quality with faux mercury glass mirror plates pinned
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Irish Georgian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Italian Round Aluminum Architectural Wall Mirror with Bronzed Glass by Rimadesio
By Rimadesio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
wood accents supporting a bronze-tinted mercury mirror glass plate (Desio, Italy, ca. 1960s).
Extremely
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Aluminum
H 2 in W 31.25 in D 31.25 in
18th Century Italian Baroque Period Giltwood Mirror
Located in Forney, TX
This exceptionally carved Baroque period Italian mirrored mercury glass giltwood wall hanging
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Mirror
George III Giltwood Mirror
Located in London, GB
lightly foxed mercury bevelled mirror plate.
Additional information:
Dimensions: Height: 172cm, 67 3/4
Category
Antique Late 18th Century George III Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Italian Mirror
Located in London, GB
plumage and bearing flower heads and with original mercury mirror plate and border.
Late 18th century.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Revival Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Louis XV Briarwood Mirror
Located in New York, NY
border, surrounding associated 18th century mercury glass plate mirror. Italy, late 18th century
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Plaster
19th Century Trompe L'oeil Louis Philippe 'Tiger' Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
original foxed mercury mirror plate and back boards. Tiny loss to one corner, a highly decorative item
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Neoclassical Italian Gold Carved Mirror
Located in New York, NY
neoclassical anthemion and swan corner decoration en-framing a later mercury glass mirror plate. Italy, circa
Category
Antique 1830s Italian Charles X Wall Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
Large Gilt Carved Wood Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Large gilt carved wood mirror. Expansive softly mercuried plate glass mirror bound by foliate
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Forties Rosewood and Steel Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Rosewood and steel mirror. Forties square rosewood frame with original circular mercury
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Rosewood
Georgian Style Irish Mirror With A Cobalt Glass Faceted Border
Located in London, GB
An Irish mirror in the George III style, of good quality with a faux mercury glass mirror plate
Category
Vintage 1970s Irish Georgian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Copper
Italian Regency Round Giltwood and Ebonized Convex Mirror with Carved Eagle
Located in Firenze, IT
proportion, wonderful original condition from gilding to patina, convex mercury mirror plate is original to
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Regency Convex Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Mirror
H 34.26 in W 25.2 in D 3.15 in
A George I Giltwood Pier Mirror
Located in London, GB
frame, retaining the original mercury mirror plate.
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George I Pier Mirrors and Console Mir...
Materials
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Early 19th Century Italian Giltwood Mirror
Located in London, GB
corners, with mercury mirror plate.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
French Empire Mahogany Mantle Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
mercury mirror plate. The minimally carved mahogany has gained a fine patina. Bright, cast brass capital
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Materials
Metal, Brass
Georgian Style Irish Mirror With Emerald Glass & Rock Crystal Faceted Border
Located in London, GB
An Irish mirror in the George III style, of good quality with a faux mercury glass mirror plate
Category
Vintage 1970s Irish Georgian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Rock Crystal, Copper
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 1.19 in
Early George II Carved & White Painted Mirror
Located in London, GB
cresting. Enclosing possibly later mercury mirror plate.
Additional information:
Dimensions: Height: 136cm
Category
Antique Early 18th Century George II Wall Mirrors
Early 18th Century Silver Gilt Oval Mirror
Located in Reepham, GB
A stunning, well proportioned 18th Century Silver Gilt Oval Mirror with old process mercury mirror
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Wall Mirrors
Materials
Silver Leaf
Pair of George III style studded Irish Mirrors
Located in London, GB
A large pair of Irish mirrors in the George III style, of good quality with faux mercury glass
Category
21st Century and Contemporary George III Wall Mirrors
Materials
Rock Crystal
Giltwood Mirror, Attributed to Benjamin Goodison, 18th Century
By Benjamin Goodison
Located in London, GB
sand gilded surface, enclosing a lightly foxed mercury mirror plate.
Additional information
Category
Antique 18th Century Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Huge Early 20th Century English Fairground Mirror
Located in London, GB
mercury mirror plate as aged distortion as shown in sections. This is an old authentic item so please bare
Category
Vintage 1920s British Late Victorian Convex Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Pine
French 18th Century Gilded Mirror
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
'Directoire' period.
With original mercury glass plates. The mirror is made from split glass and is all
Category
Antique 1790s Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Extra Large Early 19th Century English Mirror
Located in Faversham, GB
heavily foxed mercury plate is twelve millimeters in thickness and supported by the original pine frame
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British British Colonial Floor Mirrors and Ful...
Materials
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Oak, Pine
Giltwood Mirror with Brass Swan Neck Candle Sconces, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
An 18th Century Giltwood Mirror with a broad, shaped, and bevelled original mercury plate which
Category
Antique 18th Century Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal mercury plate mirror for your home. Each mercury plate mirror for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, glass and giltwood. There are 1105 variations of the antique or vintage mercury plate mirror you’re looking for, while we also have 16 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the mercury plate mirror you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A mercury plate mirror made by Georgian designers — as well as those associated with Louis XVI — is very popular. A well-made mercury plate mirror has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Charles Nosotti, Thomas Chippendale and George Trollope & Sons are consistently popular.
How Much is a Mercury Plate Mirror?
The average selling price for a mercury plate mirror at 1stDibs is $4,530, while they’re typically $78 on the low end and $375,000 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Mirrors for You
The road from early innovations in reflective glass to the alluring antique and vintage mirrors in trendy modern interiors has been a long one but we’re reminded of the journey everywhere we look.
In many respects, wall mirrors, floor mirrors and full-length mirrors are to interior design what jeans are to dressing. Exceedingly versatile. Universally flattering. Unobtrusively elegant. And while all mirrors are not created equal, even in their most elaborate incarnation, they're still the heavy lifters of interior design, visually enlarging and illuminating any space.
We’ve come a great distance from the polished stone that served as mirrors in Central America thousands of years ago or the copper mirrors of Mesopotamia before that. Today’s coveted glass Venetian mirrors, which should be cleaned with a solution of white vinegar and water, were likely produced in Italy beginning in the 1500s, while antique mirrors originating during the 19th century can add the rustic farmhouse feel to your mudroom that you didn’t know you needed.
By the early 20th century, experiments with various alloys allowed for mirrors to be made inexpensively. The geometric shapes and beveled edges that characterize mirrors crafted in the Art Deco style of the 1920s can bring pizzazz to your entryway, while an ornate LaBarge mirror made in the Hollywood Regency style makes a statement in any bedroom. Friedman Brothers is a particularly popular manufacturer known for decorative round and rectangular framed mirrors designed in the Rococo, Louis XVI and other styles, including dramatic wall mirrors framed in gold faux bamboo that bear the hallmarks of Asian design.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, mid-century modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary mirrors. Today’s simple yet chic mantel mirror frames, for example, often neutral in color, owe to the understated mirror designs introduced in the postwar era.
Sculptor and furniture maker Paul Evans had been making collage-style cabinets since at least the late 1950s when he designed his Patchwork mirror — part of a series that yielded expressive works of combined brass, copper and pewter — for Directional Furniture during the mid-1960s. Several books celebrating Evans’s work were published beginning in the early 2000s, as his unconventional furniture has been enjoying a moment not unlike the resurgence that the Ultrafragola mirror is seeing. Designed by the Memphis Group’s Ettore Sottsass in 1970, the Ultrafragola mirror, in all its sensuous acrylic splendor, has become somewhat of a star thanks to much-lauded appearances in shelter magazines and on social media.
On 1stDibs, we have a broad selection of vintage and antique mirrors and tips on how to style your contemporary mirror too.
Questions About Mercury Plate Mirror
- What is a mercury mirror?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A mercury mirror is a type of wall mirror that features mercury glass inside of a decorative frame. Mercury glass is the term for two panes of glass separated by silvering material. Early examples feature real mercury, while ones produced after the 1840s usually substitute silver nitrate. On 1stDibs, shop a range of mercury mirrors.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mercury mirrors were made with a thicker glass layer than modern mirrors, so one way of identifying a mercury mirror is to test the thickness. Take an object like a pen or toothpick and press it against the mirror. If the object looks like it’s touching its own reflection, then the mirror is thin and not a mercury mirror. However, if the object appears separate from its reflection, the thickness indicates that it’s probably a mercury mirror. Shop a collection of antique mercury mirrors from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- Why was mercury used in mirrors?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mercury was used in mirrors in the form of mercury amalgam. This substance was used because of its highly reflective property when applied on a surface. Shop an array of antique mercury mirrors from top sellers around the world on 1stDibs.
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