Pair of English Tortoiseshell and Ebonized Cushion Framed Mirrors, 18th Century

Bronze cast with delicate serene features, very refined detailing throughout. Featuring bow-shaped mouth and downcast eyes, flanked by pendulous pierced ...

Grand proportions and exceptional patina. Exceptional oil gilding designed to look aged on hand carved wooden frame with antiqued centre mirror glass. A decorative statement piece ...

A wonderfully charismatic depiction, with rich and lustrous ochre tones and in excellent restored condition. This portrait is of the 18th century German School. It's provenance Palaz...

Northern Italy, early 18th century With feature generously proportioned gilded scrolls surmounted with an acanthus leaf crest motif. Would be stunning if re-appropriated as a full height mirror...

Rich patina and warm walnut tones, with wingback headrest and beautifully scrolled arms, the lower frame comprises an H-form cross stretcher with intricate turned legs. Newly upholst...

With original leather bridle, saddle, head-dress and accompanying booklet. A wonderful thing, beautiful patina.

Pair of 18th Century English Oval Gilt Mirrors.

A striking Continental 18th century Tortoiseshell and giltwood mirror. The original mirror plate is set within a beautiful mottled giltwood bo...

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...

A stunning and most decorative Continental 19th century ebonized Fruitwood and Tortoiseshell mirror. The octagonal shaped mirror retains its origina...

This George II mahogany and parcel gilt mirror is topped by a swan's neck pediment which is centered by a gilt ho-ho bird. The sides are ornamented with gilt fruiting vinery, flankin...

Flemish or Italian with double ripple frame. The back was added at a later date. Circa 1700.