Mid-18th Century Mirrors

A Mid 18th Century Irish Giltwood Wall Mirror with original mercury mirror plate. The mirror is adorned by an imposing Eagle crest, looking down over the mirror. The Eagle is flanke...

A Charming And Good Quality 18th Century English Chippendale Period, George III Period, Rectangular Giltwood Wall Mirror, Having Superbly Carved Rococo Design Frame, Featuring Elegan...

A finely carved giltwood mirror with an elaborate Rococo crest of shells and scrollwork, typical of Swedish 18th century craftsmanship. The original mirror glass is divided in two pl...

A fine English Chippendale-period carved giltwood mirror. Mid-18th century, circa 1760. The design dates from the height of the eighteenth-century rococo fashion in England. The fra...

Very elegant French Rococo Mirror with original gilding. Probably made in Paris, France around the middle of the 18th Century. Beautiful origina...

George II giltwood mirror having well-carved gilt scroll and rocaille frame with elaborate entwined pierce-decorated crest and conforming carved bottom cartouche. The whole of pleasi...

The octogonal Venetian mirror has beveled panels and carved reliefs the mirror has been handmade and hand silvered. The central panel shows a light antiquing finish while the surrou...

Elegant French Louis XVI wall mirror crafted in carved and giltwood (walnut), dating from circa 1750–1780. The rectangular frame is richly decorated with finely carved ornamentation...

Exceptional 18th century Louis XIII mirror handcrafted from solid walnut, featuring a richly carved crest, fluted columns, and bold architectural details. Showcasing outstanding Fren...

Typical form with rounded top corners. Water gilded with subtle incised trailing leaves.

A Georgian pier mirror in walnut and Giltwood. The broken pediment top with scrolls and rosettes, gilt outer border with Kit Kat inner frame and bevelled glass. An old repair along t...

This large overmantel mirror in carved wood, from the Transition period (18th century), marks the evolution between the exuberant Rococo of Louis XV and the restrained Neoclassicism ...

Large 19th C French, parcel gilt mirror. Decorative Rococco mouldings adorn a rectangular reeded frame. Painted in a pale green with gold highlights. Retains its original backing and...

Very fine early George III carved and giltwood mirror with feather carved crest over unusual co-joined circle pierced decoration, the frame carved with rocaille, scroll and foliate c...

This show-stopping pair of grand 18th-century wall mirrors are beautifully designed in accordance to prevailing tastes of the Rococo period and are attributed to the workshops of Wür...

A fine French giltwood mirror of the Louis XV period, circa 1740–1750, carved in the Rococo taste with flowing asymmetry and elegant foliate scrollwork. The arched crest is surmounte...

Very fine George II walnut and parcel gilt mirror, the phoenix bird finial surmounted by acanthus carved swan neck pediment, the folia...

A Very Attractive 18th Century Walnut Wall Mirror, Of Rare Unusually Small Proportions, Having Very Attractive Carved Pierced Fretwork Frame, Enclosing Replacement Rectangular Mirror...

The crest top Venetian mirror. With its beveled panels and carved crest topped with a lovely lotus flower-like motif, the crest top mirror has been handmade and hand silvered. The ce...

Exquisite Italian wall mirror made in hand carved wood with gilded parts and floral motifs still wearing the original glass. There was some restorations in order all parts to be well fixed but it still wears the original painting. Extremely beautiful shape in quite good condition having in mind how old...

French provincial work from the 18th century. Mercury mirror in carved, gilded wooden frame. Centered on a basket filled with fruit in a vine environment.

Ireland, circa 1750 A rare pair of eighteenth century Irish mirrors, the oval frames with alternating blue and clear faceted glass gems, retaining their original foxed mercury mirro...

Louis XV Gilt Oval Mirror. Small transitional Louis XV oval wood and gesso carved frame in white washed and gilt finish with inset beading, corner rosettes and further swagging with ...

Antique Venetian gilt octagonal mirror. Gilt carved and gessoed octagonal framed mirror with later mercury glass plate. Italy, mid-18th century. Dimensi...

18th Century French Painted and Parcel-Gilt Trumeau Mirror. The upper section with a romantic oval painted panel of fruit pickers in a cartouche shaped frame with a shell crest, over...

A small and charming gilded Rococo Mirror for the wall from Sweden during the 1760s. Beautiful patina with period rococo details. Wear consistent with age and use

A circa 1735-40 stunning and idiosyncratic ‘wall furniture’ French asymmetric Rococo frame, with flowered swept sides and back, sumptuously carved with complex highly mouvementé pro...

A finely carved George II looking glass, dry stripped to its original gilding having a swan neck pediment centered by the original cartouche carved with scrolls and acanthus leaves, ...

In the manner of William Kent with arched pediment with central cartouche above a mirror plate set in a wonderfully carved frame featuring egg and dart and gadrooning , trailing leav...

A Very Attractive Late 18th Century Mahogany Serpentine Shaped, Georgian Dressing Table Mirror, Of Unusually Large Proportions, Having Elegant Shield Shaped Plate, Over Shaped Base W...

Good George II carved wood and gilt gesso mirror, the central cartouche flanked by swan neck pediment having egg and dart carved molded edge, the body with foliate relief carving on ...

An outstanding Chinese Chippendale carved giltwood girandole, this lovely and entrancing piece is carved in the chinoiserie style, the asymmetric form echoed by the skewed setting of...

This carved mirror frame is full of the high spirited exuberance of the period. The central vase of flowers within a shaped leafy frame is flanked by well carved preening Ho Ho bir...

18th century Swedish late Baroque mirror in burl veneer and blackened wood on a pine frame with brass ornamentation. Ca 1750 Sweden.

Gilt Louis XVI Trumeau with a musical theme decoration

18th Century, Large Italian Baroque Wood and Plaster Lacquered Mirror This large and refined mirror was made in Piedmont, Italy, around the middl...

Pair of cornucopias with carved and gilded frames, original silvered glass panes - 18th century Dimensions: 52 x 37 x 13 cm

An extraordinarily fine and large George II pier mirror in the manner of Thomas Johnson (1723-1778). The giltwood frame is finely carved, embracing the asymmetry of the Rococo style,...

Pair of large mid-18th century French Louis XV wall sconces. Each carved giltwood frame surrounds a mercury glass mirror plate and is ornamented with rocailles, floral sprays, and sh...

English Georgian Acanthus foliage medallion crest gilt wood & gesso scrolled foliage border two plate beveled wall mirror. Mirror retains the original beveled looking glass and wood ...

Giltwood compartmental overmantle mirror in the manner of Chippendale. The period glass plate divided by stylised columns sits within a hi...

George III carved and giltwood rectangular mirror, the scrolled foliate crest over rocaille and scroll carved body, the sides flanked by hanging garlands of fruit and flowers, the wh...

This is a very fine handmade baroque mirror, with the original mercury glass. The wooden frame is hand painted with elegant Chinese drawings on light green and a golden border. A pi...

An exceptional and beautifully preserved rare pair of period George II looking glasses in the style of William Kent (1685-1748) with beveled mirror plates. The burled walnut tablet is bound by Greek eared-architraves with acanthus detailing and oak leaf and acorn garlands. The whole is surmounted by a graceful swan-neck pediment and a central pierced and carved cartouche...

A mid 18th century Georgian Pier mirror of giltwood and walnut. The carved broken pediment top in giltwood with decorative scrolls and acanthus. The walnut frame with gilt edging and...

A carved giltwood Rococo mirror with excellent proportions, the cresting of a stylized acanthus carved with Rocaille with C-scrolls and S-scrolls decorating the sides and the bottom,...

COD-S255 Pair of very refined and elegant carved and gilded wooden mirrors with antique mercury mirrors in perfect condition. Tuscan manufacture, ca. 1730-1750.

Very fine George II period giltwood mirror, the swan neck pediment with foliate carved scrolls surrounding central shell carved cartouche, the whole w...

Fine George II giltwood mirror with foliate and rocaille carving in both high and low relief, retaining original gilt surface and probab...

A George III Giltwood Pier Mirror In the Manner of Thomas Johnson An exceptionally detailed design; the superb carved decoration housing a shaped rectangular plate and undulating mirrored borders; the inner frame closely tied to the outer frame and leading the eye around the mirror. The grandiose masterful carving incorporating C-scrolls, flowering branchwork, stylized icicles, acanthus leaves, and distinctive architectural follies and figures which firmly place this mirror within the canon of Johnson's greatest designs. The confident execution is a great testament to the technical prowess and artistic creativity of one of the greatest carvers and designers of the eighteenth century, circa 1760. Provenance Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, Farmleigh, Co. Dublin, (1880?-1927); The Earls of Iveagh, Farmleigh, Co. Dublin & Elveden Hall, Suffolk (1927-2018). Thomas Johnson (1723-1799) Thomas Johnson was one of the most skilled carvers and furniture designers in Georgian England. Drawing inspiration from the Fables of Aesop, the rococo, China, and the idealised rustic life, his work is whimsical, exuberant and witty. Chippendale borrowed freely from his work. Johnson was a founder member of the 'Antigallican Society', a group who excoriated the French taste. In addition to its relation to Johnson's designs, this mirror also reflects the influence of Lock, the great master with whom he worked for a period. Lock published many sketches and pattern books, including A New Book of Ornaments for Looking Glasses in 1752, introducing several idiosyncratic features which Johnson would adopt such as the small decorative urns...

Refined pair of small mirrors, with carved swiss pine frames gilded with pure gold leaf. The frames are distinguished by their exquisite carvings of phytomorphic scrolls and geometri...

An English Georgian period red japanned pier mirror retaining an old possibly original beveled mirror plate. The piece is decorated in in an elegant restrained fashion the pierced cr...

Exceptional circa 1740 George II period giltwood looking glass or mirror of oval form after a design by William Kent having dynamic carved 'egg-and-dart' frame with gilt and ebonized...

With original gilding in cleaned restored retail condition. Arched open crest with scroll and flower decoration over a mirror plate set in a conforming frame with open carved ear...

Mirror with carved, gilded, polychrome and engraved wooden frame - 18th century - Southern Spain

This 18th century Italian gilt wood mirror is hand carved with pierced openwork crest dating to 1740-1780. Rare to find in that it is structurally all original. It has original ges...

An English Georgian Pier Mirror in walnut and giltwood. The bevelled mirror plate probably replaced at some point in the late 19th c. The body of the mirror in walnut with giltwood ...

Ebonized mirror dated to early-to-mid-18th century. Hand-carved ebonized frame surrounding old mirror glass (not original glass).

cartouche shaped and formerly a large sconce this mirror is a very fine example of Venetian craftsmanship at its zenith, the blown glass border adorned with pained glass flowers, the...

Pair of Piedmontese Italian candle wall sconce in carved and gilded wood with mirror. Turin (Italy), Louis XV period, mid-18th century The precious pair of sconce, made around th...