1810s Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

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

The vintage horizontal or vertical mirror has a beautifully grained polished light wood outer frame and a inner gilt liner. Its simplicity lends itself to almost any room with either...

Urns and foliate carvings adorn this attractive piece.

French gilt mirror with doors, French mirror purchased in Japan, with doors that close and beautifully gilded framing. Includes original mirror with ...

A mid-20th century vintage painted French mirror or 'trumeau' with an Empire-style gilded plaque featuring a horse and chariot.     

A very fine French Empire style 19th century Napoleon III giltwood and gesso carved figural mirror frame, flanked by a pair of sitting winged sphinxes, with carved scrolls, garlands ...

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

A gorgeous Federal or Regency style convex bullseye wall mirror featuring a carved eagle with open wings and 13 small spheres representing the original 13 colonies around the inside ...

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...

Elegant mid-century mirror with shiny brass frame and pointed shape for real vintage lovers. Made in Italy in the 1960s approximately. The brass have been polished and is shiny, in g...

19th century carved gilt convex mirror circa 1870. Fine quality circular convex wall mirror, surmounted by a right facing carved eagle wit...

A fine pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style grey and parcel giltwood carved trumeau mirror frames. Each frame with an oil on canvas depicting allegorical playful putti and...