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Period: 18th Century
Rare Pair of Spanish Colonial 18th Century Tortoiseshell Enconchado Mirrors, Per
Located in Benington, Herts
A Rare and Unusual Pair of 18th Century Spanish Colonial 'Enconchado' Mirrors Veneered in Tortoiseshell and Inlaid With Bone and Mother of Pearl Made in Lima (Peru) or Mexico
Circa 1720
Provenance
One of the mirrors with a fragmentary label printed with "Bodmer", possibly relating to one of the branches of the Bodmer family in Switzerland, some of whom were renowned collectors of South American art
The mirrors of rectangular form with ripple moulded outer borders framing tortoishell veneered inner borders inlaid with fine bone stringing and sinuous floral motifs inlaid in mother of pearl. The sight edges also veneered and inlaid with a repeating geometric motif.
The mirrors are notable for the fine quality of the inlay, their unusually large size for this date, in particular the size of the plates themselves (possibly original) and the fact that they are a pair.
The term 'Enconchado' comes from Spanish colonial art, particularly associated with Mexico, comprising of oil paintings inlaid with mother of pearl and other iridescent minerals. This form of art is discussed in great detail by Miguel Arisa in his essay Luminosity in Mexican Enconchado Paintings and Conceptions of the Sacred in Visual Culture and Indigenous Agency in the Early Americas, The Early Americas: History and Culture, Volume: 10 Chapter 4 (October 2021). He argues that the development of this style was an attempt to combine pre-Hispanic indigenous South American traditions regarding the sacred properties of "shiny objects" and "Baroque concepts of the miraculous", the sparkling inlay adding to the power of the European religious imagery.
Mirrors such as the present pair are likewise cross-cultural objects, fusing European form and aesthetic concerns with indigenous craftsmanship to create objects of great prestige and decorative appeal. The ripple mouldings are clearly the result of a 17th century Dutch...
Category
Mexican Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Pair of Louis XV Gilt Wood Trumeau / Wall Mirrors
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV (18th Century) giltwood trumeau / wall mirrors with oil painting panel inserts depicting cherubs and a seated woman in a garden with original glass lower pane...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood, Wood
$18,500 / set
Louis XVI Giltwood Mirror with Crest, circa 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French giltwood mirror of the late Louis XVI period. The mirror plate is bordered by a neoclassical gilt-wood frame with carved paterae designs. The top is mounted with a carved giltwood trophy...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 18th Century Gilded French Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Gilded and carved late 18th century French mirror with lyre and acanthus detail. Very good condition considering age.
Category
French Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Wood
18th Century Portuguese Faux Marble Polychrome Painted Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
Incredible Portuguese faux marble painted mirror from a church altar with replaced glass. Normally in the Catholic churches holding either religious paintings or fronts for altars wi...
Category
Portuguese Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pr. George III Gilt Carton-Pierre and Giltwood Oval Mirrors, Manner John Linnell
By John Linnell
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic and extremely rare pair of George III period gilt Carton-Pierre and giltwood oval mirrors in the manner of John Linnell. Each mirror is gorgeously hand carved with meticulous detail and fine craftsmanship. The giltwood borders are designed with foliate crests above female masks, with aprons centered by a standing or recumbent left facing lamb. It is extremely rare to find a pair of mirrors of this date and in such amazing untouched condition, the mirror panels are most probably original and date to the late 1700s.
Provenance: Jeremy, Ltd., London
England, circa 1770
Carton-pierre, literal translation from the French - cardboard stone, was developed in the 18th century specifically to imitate wood and stone. The Formula typically included flour, chalk, sawdust, sand and plaster and bound with wax, resin, animal glues or gum arabic. The material could be moulded, bent and otherwise formed into the desired design. Preeminent makers like Gillows and John Linnell began using carton pierre in the late 1760s. The new material allowed for lacey decorative spandrels and festoons that could be made into nearly any length or shape required. These elements and the particular foliate umbrella canopy on this pair of mirrors relates to designs of William and John Linnell. The most famous example of this crest element is on the mirror supplied by Linnell to the 4th Duke of Beaufort for the State Bedroom at Badminton House...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
1790’s Swedish White Marble and Gilded Console and Mirror
Located in San Marino, CA
The console with a veined white marble top, the frieze carved with foliate design motifs and central medallion on tapered fluted legs. The rectangular mirror plate within robed borde...
Category
Swedish Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Marble
Rococo Dressing Mirror by Johan Åkerblad
Located in Ljungby, SE
A Stockholm piece in Rococo style by Johan Åkerblad (master in Stockholm 1758-1799), featuring the signature "IÅ" under a crown on the back. Original glass with mercury backing, whic...
Category
Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Pine
Unusual and Large George III Rococo Mirror
Located in London, GB
A very unusual George III Rococo wall mirror. The giltwood frame is carved with a wonderfully organic design, with foliate flourishes, trailing flowers and fruit, but the most unusua...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
A Magnificent Pair of Rare 18th Century Venetian Mirrors with Mercury Glass
Located in London, GB
An exceptionally fine and rare pair of Venetian giltwood mirrors or pier glasses. Mirrors of this type, especially those in an original pair are vanishingly rare. Their gilded giltwo...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
George III Mirror in the Manner of Linnell
Located in London, GB
A George III Mirror in the Manner of Linnell
This quintessential stiff palm foliate carved frame, with shaped top enclosing an oval plate, follows closely the designs of John Linnel...
Category
George III Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Abalone
18th Century Chippendale Gilt Overmantel Mirror with Gilt Frame
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century Chippendale gilt overmantel mirror with gilt frame flanked by a pair of ho-ho birds, foliate carvings and C-scrolls. With the mirror plate divided by column sits.
Category
European Chippendale Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 18th Century Gustavian Gilt Swedish Mirror with Original Glass
Located in Essex, MA
Late 18th-century Gustavian Swedish mirror with original glass and beautiful patina on the frame. The cornice is decorated with floral and foliate designs with two classical figures ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
A Fine George I Gilt Gesso Girandole Wall Mirror
Located in Reepham, GB
A fine early 18th century Gilt Gesso wall mirror, the frame with shells at the apex and apron, raised burnished strap work and scrolling vines on a contrasting stamped ground. Retain...
Category
Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Gesso
Dom Joao V mirror, carved chestnut wood Portugal 18th Century
Located in Lisboa, PT
Dom Joao V mirror, carved chestnut wood. Remains of ancient gilding. Portugal 18th century
Category
Portuguese Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Chestnut
$1,144 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Venetian Mirror in Silver Leaf
Located in Kent, Dover
An 18th century carved Venetian mirror in silver leaf, with the original mercury glass. Some minor losses.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Fruitwood
George II Carved Giltwood Pier Mirror of Palladian Form
Located in London, GB
A George II Carved Giltwood Pier Mirror of Palladian Form with profuse egg and dart and dentil moulded broken arch pediment centred by a shell, above a leaf scroll frieze with rectan...
Category
George II Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
North Italian Painted Mirror
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Elegant 18th Century painted architectural pine mirror, circa 1780.
This mirror has been beautifully made using fine-quality pine. The frame has been carved with typical 18th Century motifs such as faux marble columns to the side.
It has its original mercury glass plate that is in great condition.
A classic country house mirror...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Pine, Paint
Georgian Mahogany Toilet or Vanity Mirror
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Georgian mahogany toilet or vanity mirror
The swivel mirror has an oval frame which stands between two waved mahogany uprights
The original old looking glass has some foxing
...
Category
Georgian Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mahogany
Large 18th Century Italian Faux Painted Mantel Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
A spectacular large scale 18th century (possibly older) Italian mirror with original hand painted faux marbling and gilding. This mirror has its original back and though the mirror i...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror
18th Century, Large Italian Baroque Wood and Plaster Lacquered Mirror
Located in IT
18th Century, Large Italian Baroque Wood and Plaster Lacquered Mirror
This large and refined mirror was made in Piedmont, Italy, around the middl...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Plaster, 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, alternating with unusually wholly gilt and shaped studs.
Comparables; The Knight of Glin, Ir...
Category
Irish George III Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mercury Glass
Regence Giltwood Mirror
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The modern mirror plate within stylized foliate carved borders.
Category
French Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Glass
$3,800 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Italian Triptych Mirror or Three-Part Folding Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
This handsome Italian Triptych mirror is complete with its original mercury glass. Features wood carvings attached on top and four metal, remov...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood
Carved Giltwood Oval Mirror, Mid to Late 18th Century
Located in London, GB
A Mid to Late 18th Century Carved Giltwood Oval Mirror In the manner of Linnell, c.1765
Additional information:
Dimensions: Height: 125 cm, 4 foot 2″
Width: 60 cm, 2 foot
Category
Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Danish 18th Century Gilded Freemason Guild Rococo Mirror
Located in Copenhagen, K
Fantastic Rococo Ealdorman mirror, with incredible gilded carvings of carpenters tools. Made for or by a ealdorman.
Category
Danish Rococo Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Wood
$4,400 Sale Price
36% Off
Early George III Giltwood Mirror
Located in London, GB
Introducing an Early George III Giltwood Mirror in the Chinese Chippendale design, a magnificent antique dating back to the early days of the George III era. This stunning mirror ex...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Fine 18th Century George I Gilt Gesso Pier or Console Mirror, Manner of Belchier
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare early 18th century George I Gilt Gesso pier or console mirror.
In the manner of John Belchier
The shaped bevelled mirror plate sit...
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood, Gesso
George III Chinese Chippendale Rococo Giltwood Girandole Mirror
Located in London, by appointment only
A masterpiece of design and execution, this beautiful girandole exhibits every opulent detail of the Chinese Chippendale period. Elaborate C...
Category
English Chinese Chippendale Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
French 18th Century Gilt & Painted Trumeau Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A magnificent 18th century French giltwood trumeau mirror in the style of Louis XVI, the thick rococo carvings around the (French gray) painted frame appear even more theatrical unde...
Category
French Directoire Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Gold
18th Century, Pair of Italian Neoclassical Carved and Giltwood Mirrors
Located in IT
18th century, pair of Italian neoclassical carved and giltwood mirrors
Size H 70 x W maximum 50 x W 43.5 frame x D 3.
The pair of delightful mirrors was made in south of Italy (Sicily) in the neoclassical period, towards the end of the 18th century. They are composed of a box frame, in carved wood...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
18th Century Louis XVI Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
18th century Louis XVI mirror with a beautiful carved wooden crown.
Category
French Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Wood
George I Giltwood Mirror
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The shaped rectangular mirror plate within a carved and molded border, the voluted apron centered with a shell and scrolls on each side, the cresting with eagle heads flanking styliz...
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Wood
$9,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 1790 Gustavian Mirror Wall Sconces
Located in Ljungby, SE
A pair of beautiful late Gustavian mirror sconces made in Stockholm around 1790. The sconces feature polychrome gouache paintings in the crowns and glass in front. The brass light ar...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Brass, Other
$16,000 / set
Regency Carved Oak Frame, 18th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Regency Carved Oak Frame, 18th Century
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Georgian circa 1760 Thomas Chippendale Phoenix Giltwood Mirror
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Stunning Georgian Thomas Chippendale Phoenix Wall Mirror.
This Georgian circa 1760 Thomas Chippendale Phoenix giltwood mirror is a magnific...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Large Scale 18th Century Italian Florentine Giltwood Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Very impressive large scale 18th century Italian Florentine giltwood mirror. Amazing elaborate carvings and gorgeous gilt finish. A true work of art!!
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Late 18th / early 19th century carved giltwood mirror
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Late 18th / early 19th century carved giltwood mirror. Carved acanthus, C & S scroll decoration to frame. In the Rococo style. With original glass.
Category
English Rococo Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirror with an Oil painting after Fragonard
Located in Dallas, TX
A French striped pine trumeau mirror with an oil painting in the style of Fragonard.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Top Quality Early Antique Renaissance Revival Wall Mirror Sculptured Frame Work
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning early antique Italian wall mirror with pen-hole connections.
Most antique collectors and enthusiasts buy their antiques, because ...
Category
Italian Renaissance Revival Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Oak
Louis XVI Giltwood Mirror 'A la Grecque'
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The Louis XVI Giltwood Mirror in the ‘goût grec’ taste, of rectangular shape surmounted by an urn in a circle and hung with a ribbon-tied pendant foliate swag partially wrapping each...
Category
Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Louis XVI Mirror Between Two In Carved And Gilded Wood, End Of The 18th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI mirror in carved and gilded wood, late 18th century
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
Queen Anne Lacquer Pier Mirror, c. 1710
Located in London, GB
Decorated with gilt chinoiserie decoration, with original engraved plate.
English, c. 1710.
Additional information:
Dimension: Height: 151 cm, 59 1/2″
Width: 57 cm, 22 1/2″
Depth: 5...
Category
English Queen Anne Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Louis XVI Gilt Mirror with Original Mirror Plate 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wonderful Gold Gilt and Carved Wood Framed Mirror. Typical Louis XVI with traditional laurel leaves, branches and carved urns. With it's original mirror plate and carved back board...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Early George II Carved & White Painted Mirror
Located in London, GB
An Early George II Carved & White Painted Mirror
The oval plate in pierced frame carved with acanthus, ‘c’ scrolls and confidently executed foliate detailing, with pierced scallop a...
Category
George II Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Swedish Gustavian Period Gilt Pier Mirror with Ribbon & Foliate Swag Decoration
Located in Milford, NH
A Swedish Gustavian Period gilt pier mirror with pierce carved ribbon and foliate crest decoration, accented with foliate swags, continued on the beveled mirror surround and base. Da...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Wood
18th Century Antique Baroque Style Giltwood Mirror
Located in Southall, GB
18th century antique Baroque style giltwood mirror. This giltwood mirror is a spectacular example of Italian Baroque style design. The mirror displays many of the characteristics of ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Wood
$1,762 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique gilded French wall mirror Louis XVI/Classicism around 1780
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique gilded French wall mirror Louis XVI/Classicism around 1780
Antique wall mirror of museum quality, France. Tall rectangular body, crowned with an amphora top and classicist g...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
A very fine Palatial 18th century French Louis XV gilt mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine palatial French Louis XV period gilt carved mirror. Beautiful details with vine and floral carving.
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Carved Oak Mirror
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th Century carved oak mirror, highly decorative and having a lovely crisp carved moulded frame incorporating berries and leaves. Circa 1770.
Category
Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Glass
$1,046 Sale Price
40% Off
Louis XVI Style Mirror in Gilded and Carved Wood, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Mirror in gilded and carved wood, adorned with a ribbon, garlands of flowers and a beaded frieze, oval in shape.
French work realized circa 1880.
Dimensions : H 66 x L 68 x P 7...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
French 18th Century Louis XVI Giltwood Wall Mirror or Trumeau
Located in Berlin, DE
French 18th century Louis XVI giltwood wall mirror or trumeau
The giltwood mirror containing an old mirror plate within a moulded and beaded frame. The cresting showing a neoclass...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of Italian 18th Century Mecca Mirrors with Original Mirror Plates
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most decorative pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. Mecca mirrors. Each mirror retains its original mirror plate set within a fine mottled wrap around fillet. Th...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
18th Century French Giltwood Mirror
Located in Godstone, GB
18th century small french carved giltwood wall mirror c.1760. Possibly later mercury glass, with signs of age (black spots ,scratches etc.)
Category
Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Wood
French Antique 18th Century Neoclassical Style Marble Mirror, Giltwood, Distress
Located in Manhasset, NY
Finest antique parcel-gilt and marble mirror in the neoclassical taste dated from the late 18th century, the rectangular looking glass surmounted by marble frame and flanked by marbl...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
$3,125 Sale Price
50% Off
18th Century Gustavian mirror signed Johan Åkerblad, Stockholm
Located in SE
Mirror made by Johan Åkerblad, signed IÅ. Johan Åkerblad were working in Stockholm 1754 - 1799 as manufacturer of mirrors. He also delivered mirrors to the Royal Castels.
Gustavian ...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Pine, Giltwood
Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Period Mecca Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent Italian 18th century Louis XVI period Mecca mirror. The double frame mirror is raised on scrolled supports and foliate garlands at each corner, flanking a central male cameo...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
French 18th Century Louis XVI Carved Gold Leaf Mirror
Located in New Orleans, LA
This French Louis XVI mirror features ornate, heavy carvings and is painted with gold leaf throughout. The 18th century gilt wood mirror has a beautifully patterned frame, adorned w...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Wall Mirror
Located in Godstone, GB
18th Century Swedish Gustavian giltwood mirror. Simple and elegant design, signed by master mirror maker Johan Akerblad . Original split...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer
Located in Essex, MA
Not a typical form with basket of flowers over a painted dial with glass cover flanked by thermometers and over a mirror flanked by oak leaves. Water gilded with some restoration to ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
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