Rare late 18th or early 19th century Americal Federal period carved gilt wood framed wall mirror.
Original mirror plate with original early tin silvering giving a distinctive 'dark' reflection.
Pleasing original back painted glass panel depicitng a ship at sea above the mirror plate.
Original gilt in excellent condtion.
In very good original condition with only minor losses to the gesso.
Extremely scarce item in this condtion.
Overall height 27"
Overall width 15 1/8"
Overall depth front to back 2 3/8"
Mirror plate (visible) 19 1/2" x 11"
Painted panel 11" x 4 1/4"
Owing to the size of this item this is for collection only (from near Berwick- upon Tweed).
I am happy to store the item after purchase until such time as the buyer can arrange for its collection.
Shunters Removals is a local Berwick firm that can arrange collection and delivery nationwide. Their website is (www.shuntersltd.co.uk) , their telephone is 01289 330472. Please contact them direct for a quote.Anyvan.com (www.anyvan.com) and Shiply are websites that allow several shipping firms to put in bids to ship your item and you choose one of them.
The firm I have mentioned, Shunters has collected items from me for buyers in the past and both seem reliable according to what I have been told by the people using them. Of course, I myself cannot give any guarantees.
