Pair of Square Spanish Colonial Mirrors, Sold Individually

Pair of Spanish circa 1950's gilt wood mirrors with insets. Sold individually. Measurements: diameter: 15" depth: 1.5"

A pair of circa 1960s Italian etched and beveled blue mirrored framed mirrors. Sold individually. Measurements: Height: 43.5" Width:  29" Depth: 1".

A pair of circa 1960’s Italian oval mirror with bronze colored mirror frame. Sold Individually. Measurements: Height: 36" Width: 24"

A pair of Italian circa 1960’s hammered metal mirrors in the form of leaves in three tones: copper, silver-plated brass and polished brass finis...

Pair of circa 1960's Italian beveled mirrors. Sold individually. Measurements: Diameter: 40.5" Depth: 1.5"

Pair of circa 1960s Italian mirrors with emerald green frames. Sold individually Measurements: Diameter: 36" Depth: 1.5".

a pair of large hand-carved and gilded Spanish Colonial / Baroque mirrors each with flat mirror plate, putti heads each side, red MEASUREMENTS: 62" H x 33" W x 4" D

Pair of Large Spanish Colonial Eglomise Giltwood Mirrors Peru, Later 20th Century A magnificent pair of Spanish Colonial Eglomise Giltwood Mirrors, originating from Peru in the la...

Pair of Spanish Colonial Wrought Iron Trellis Motif Mirrors Spain, Circa 1960s A large Pair of Spanish Colonial wrought iron trellis motif mirror...

Wonderful early Spanish Colonial mirror with carved cherubs or putti on top. Nicely carved floral detail. Great detail and form. In good age appropriate ...

Handsome Spanish Colonial wall mirror in gold giltwood and gesso finish. Large center mirror has lots of antiqued age spots, smaller inset mirrors have ...

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...