VERY EARLY ENGLISH CARVED GILT OVAL WALL MIRROR, c1700-1720.
WONDERFULLY CARVED FRAME WITH FOLIAGE DECORATION, TYPICAL OF THE PERIOD.
FRAME HAS BEEN RE GILDED MOST PROBERLY IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 19th CENTURY, THE GILDING HAS A LOVELY MELLOW LOOK, PLEASE NOTE THE GILDING IS NOT GOLD PAINT, BUT GENUINE WATER/OIL GILDING. MINOR NIBBLES TO THE GESSO, ALL CONSISTENT WITH ITS AGE/HISTORY.
THIS STUNNING EXAMPLE HOLDS A VERY OLD PIECE OF MERCURY SILVERED MIRROR PLATE, C 1850 (OR EARLIER), THAT HAS OVERALL FOXING.
ORIGINALLY THE FRAME WOULD HAVE HELD A PORTRAIT FROM THE 1700'S.
SIZES 94CM X 81CM.
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