Mid-18th Century Mirrors

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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 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...

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

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...

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

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.

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 beautiful hand carved, gessoed and gilded George II mirror. Dating from the mid eighteenth century. This incredibly large mirror is stunning and actually downright imposing...

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 ...

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...

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

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...

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,...

Gilt Louis XVI Trumeau with a musical theme decoration

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...

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,...

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

English Queen Anne gilt carved wood and gesso shaped crest foliage wall mirror with the original beveled mirror and wood backing. Mid 18th Century

Pair 18th century Italian gilt mirrors with hippocampus urns and flowers with original mirror plates

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 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...

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

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...

Rare Late Louis XV Giltwood Mirror 'A La Grecque' The divided rectangular plate surmounted by a trophy cresting shaped as an urn flanked by flowering vases on each side and hung with...

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...

18th Century, Sweden Mirror with Carved and Gilded Wood Frame and Cobalt Blue Glass This distinctive mirror was crafted in Sweden around the mid-18th century, inspired by the famous...

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...

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

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...

Pair of Spanish Rococo Carved and Gilded Wood Mirrors, circa 1760 A wonderful and charming pair of Spanish Rococo period carved and gilded wood wall mirrors. Exquisitely hand-carved...

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...

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...

An 18th century Italian Venetian-style wall mirror with original silvered patina.

This elegant, compact mirror is made of carved Swiss pine wood, partially gilded with pure gold leaf and partially with a silver mecca. The mirror frame is decorated with vegetal scr...

18th Century Swedish Gustavian mirror of large proportions. In original paint and a mercury glass plate. Circa 1740.

Elegant 18th Century giltwood mirror distinguished by it´s refined neoclassical ornamentation and harmonious proportions. The rectangular frame is richly carved and finished in it's ...

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

French gilt carved wood and gesso floral and shell beveled wall mirror. Mirror retains the original glass and wood backing, Mid-18th century.

Italian Rococo (Florence, mid-18th Century) giltwood wall mirror with a carved scroll and floral motif and an Apollo mask crest pediment.

A very Fine George II giltwood Rococo mirror, the three leaf acanthus carved finial over scroll carved crest with foliate details framing shaped plate, over scrolled and vine carved ...

Georgian Chippendale Period Mahogany Fretwork Pier Mirror with Gilt Ho-Ho Bird, c.1760 A finely made Georgian Chippendale-period mahogany pier mirror, dating from around 1760. Elega...

Hand-carved circa 1750, this gilded French mirror is from the period of Louis XV. A subtle lozenge pattern adorns the apexes of the oval frame beneath beautiful acanthus leaf margent...

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...

Elegant 18th-century French mirror with a carved wood frame, partially gilded, showcasing refined Rococo or Louis XV-style detailing. The frame features graceful curves and decorativ...