19th Century English Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror with Eagle and Acanthus

This magnificent English Regency giltwood convex girandole mirror, circa 1800, featuring displayed eagle with hanging tassels, opposing dolphins and six candle arms with gilt foliage...

This convex mirror has a grand scale. The eagle has an ebonized body with a gilt head giving it a striking appearance which show off the feather details. Th...

Fabulous 19th century English Regency convex looking glass with girandole arms. This amazing girandole mirror has the British Royal Crown on the pediment and a tudor rose on the pend...

Monumental English Regency brass lantern with lion mask is illuminated by a Interior Cluster with six candelabra arms that where originally candle. This Classic Regency Lantern has f...

English Regency Egyptian revival style mahogany, brass inlay, & gilt Recamier is finely carved with an Egyptian hawk head and finished on both...

This stately period table was made in England in the first half of the 19th century and was created in the style of Thomas Hope. The top is solid rosewood with a brass inlay border. ...

A very fine Regency period carved giltwood and Gesso convex mirror, the plate within a reeded ebonized slip with ball decoration surmounted by an Eagle pediment. It has sconces to ei...

Antique 19th Century gold giltwood bullseye / convex wall mirror featuring a round frame carved with an American eagle with wings outstretched and bunches of acanthus leaves, over a ...

Early 19th century Regency convex mirror, the plate of circular form set within reeded slip and ball decorated surround surmounted pair intricately carved pair of trumpets and star e...

A fine example of a gilded bullseye mirror. Great gilding.

An English giltwood convex girandole bullseye mirror from the 19th century, with carved eagle motif. Created in England during the 19th century, this giltwood girandole mirror attracts our attention with its eagle marking the upper section. His detailed winged extended, the eagle is standing on grapes. The circular frame, surrounding a convex mirror plate, is accented with petite spheres and an ebonized inner molding, while the ensemble is completed with a sunburst motif adorning the lower section. With its great presence and lovely colors, this 19th century English bullseye mirror...

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...