Pine Convex Mirrors

This Italian antique early 19th century round convex wall mirror featuring the original mercury mirror plate housed in a giltwood and ebonize...

This is a very good oval shaped wall mirror with moulded hand painted Chinoiserie decoration to the frame, with a bevel mirror glass, dating to the turn of the 19th Century, circa 19...

19th century convex mirror with original glass from the Regency period. Beautiful water gilding.

English gilt framed bull's eye mirror, 19th / 20th century.

A pair of Regency style giltwood and parcel-ebonized convex dolphin mirrors from the 21st century. Each mirror presents a distressed convex round mirror...

An English turn of the century silver leaf convex bullseye mirror from the early 20th century, with ebonized accents and beaded motifs. Created in England during the early years of the 20th century, this silver leaf girandole mirror features a circular frame accented with petite spheres whose dark hue contrasts beautifully with the silver gilt finish. The ensemble surrounds a central convex mirror plate with beaded molding. With its simple lines and lovely colors, this English bullseye mirror...

Nineteenth century giltwood convex wall mirror with ball and ribbon decoration.

French giltwood sunburst convex mirror. This stunning French carved gilt wood sunburst mirror has a warm aged patina and good scale. Beautiful aged convex mirror.

Smaller scale giltwood sunburst (starburst) convex wall mirror. Formally a clock convert to wall mirror with newer aged to look older convex mirror. Overall size mirror 12", convex ...

English Regency giltwood convex mirror, circa 1810. Featuring elaborate carving at top and bottom of acanthus leaves and scrolls, with two single graceful girandole. Bull's-eye mirro...

French round gilt wood sunburst or starburst wall mirror with antiqued convex mirror. Wall mirror is combination of composition and wood. Overall...

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...