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19th Century Regency Convex Mirror

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  • Early 19th Century Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror
    Located in Dublin 8, IE
    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...
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    Antique 19th Century Irish Regency Convex Mirrors

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    Giltwood

  • Tiny 19th Century Regency Gilt Convex Mirror
    Located in Bedfordshire, GB
    An Exceptionally Small 19th Century, Regency Period, Gilt Circular Convex Mirror, Of Incredibly Rare Proportion, Having Attractive Turned Balls And Ebonised Reeded Slip To Frame, Enc...
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    Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Convex Mirrors

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    Giltwood

  • English Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror, 19th Century
    Located in Charleston, SC
    This imposing Regency convex mirror is hand carved and gilded. The pediment has an eagle perched on a plinth flanked by foliage scrolls. The mirror frame is opened pierced craved wit...
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    Antique 19th Century English Regency Convex Mirrors

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    Mirror, Giltwood

  • 19th Century Regency Gilt Convex Mirror
    Located in Gloucestershire, GB
    The mirror of typical convex form but retaining much of the original gilding and a charming worn surface. The outer moulding is carved with flowers or fruit in the centre of each “si...
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    Antique 19th Century Convex Mirrors

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    Giltwood

  • 19th Century Regency Gilt and Ebonized Convex Mirror
    Located in Charleston, SC
    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...
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    Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Convex Mirrors

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    Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood, Wood

  • Early 19th Century Monumental Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror
    Located in London, by appointment only
    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...
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    Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Convex Mirrors

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    Ormolu

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