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Very Decorative Italian Hand Painted Mirror Pier Glass
Rams Head Antiques
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Very Decorative Italian Hand Painted Mirror Pier Glass

19th century
Description

This is a most attractive late 19th century Italian hand painted pier glass mirror with a lovely design dating from around 1870.

The substantial frame has a curved corner profile with polychrome floral cartouche and gilded highlights. The frame itself is carved with a serpentine bowed design and the glass is the original 3/8” plate in good useable order with only the odd characterful mark here and there.

A delightful antique mirror with great charm.

This is a very useful size measuring 96 cms by 75 cms overall.

UK delivery can be arranged with our trusted furniture courier and costs £55 plus vat to most areas. Some areas and extremities may vary, please email or text your postcode for an accurate quote.

Physical Dimensions
Height
96cm (37.80")
Width
75cm (29.53")
Declaration

Rams Head Antiques has dated this Italian Painted Pier Glass to the 1870s.

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Dealers Notes

Rams Head Antiques is a family business based in Wolsingham in Weardale where we have had shop premises for 28 years. The shop is generally open every Saturday from 11 am till 3 pm.

You are most welcome to visit the shop but please always check to confirm we are open before travelling. We have been in the antiques trade for well over thirty years now and stock a wide and varied range of antiques and decorative items specialising in carpets and Eastern and Oriental items as well as Georgian and Victorian furniture, mirrors, oil paintings, prints, ceramics and clocks.

We can arrange worldwide delivery on all the items we have in stock, please ask for an accurate quote.

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We offer a full money back guarantee if you are not happy for whatever reason within a seven day period as long as the buyer pays for transportation costs.

Description
This is a most attractive late 19th century Italian hand painted pier glass mirror with a lovely design dating from around 1870.
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The substantial frame has a curved corner profile with polychrome floral cartouche and gilded highlights.
Rams Head Antiques

The frame itself is carved with a serpentine bowed design and the glass is the original 3/8” plate in good useable order with only the odd characterful mark here and there.

fig 1. A rectangular Italian pier glass featuring a contoured gilded wooden frame decorated with hand-painted floral motifs and scrollwork.
fig 1. Very Decorative Italian Hand Painted Mirror Pier Glass

A delightful antique mirror with great charm.

This is a very useful size measuring 96 cms by 75 cms overall.

UK delivery can be arranged with our trusted furniture courier and costs £55 plus vat to most areas. Some areas and extremities may vary, please email or text your postcode for an accurate quote.

Height
96cm (37.80")
Width
75cm (29.53")
Date of Manufacture

Rams Head Antiques has dated this Italian Painted Pier Glass to the 1870s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1094554
Rams Head Antiques
Rams Head Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Sep 2014
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A rectangular Italian pier glass featuring a contoured gilded wooden frame decorated with hand-painted floral motifs and scrollwork.
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Archive I A rectangular Italian pier glass featuring a contoured gilded wooden frame decorated with hand-painted floral motifs and scrollwork.

Very Decorative Italian Hand Painted Mirror Pier Glass

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Rams Head Antiques

Rams Head Antiques
Telephone 07769 255 544
Location
Wolsingham
Weardale
Durham
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/ramsheadantiques
Verified Since Sep 2014
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A rectangular Italian pier glass featuring a contoured gilded wooden frame decorated with hand-painted floral motifs and scrollwork.
Very Decorative Italian Hand Painted Mirror Pier Glass
Ref: SA1094554
A rectangular Italian pier glass featuring a contoured gilded wooden frame decorated with hand-painted floral motifs and scrollwork.
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Originating in 17th-century Europe, pier glasses were designed to fill the wall space between windows, known as the pier. Italian artisans refined this format during the 18th century, incorporating polychrome hand-painted floral motifs and gilded gesso frames characteristic of Venetian and Tuscan decorative arts.

Authentic pieces feature hand-carved softwoods or pine coated in a fine gesso layer. The frame is finished with water gilding using gold leaf and hand-painted tempera or oil decoration, framing mercury-glass or early plate glass mirrors.

Authentic examples display signs of age such as natural craquelure in the painted gesso ground, soft rubbing to the gilding revealing the underlying red or grey bole, and period-correct joinery or iron fixtures on the wooden reverse.

A painted pier glass functions effectively above a hallway console, dining room sideboard, or drawing room mantelpiece. Its ornate gilded frame provides a historical contrast against contemporary neutral wall paint or minimalist furnishings.

Dust the gilded and painted frame gently using a soft, dry microfibre cloth or horsehair brush. Avoid water, alcohol-based glass cleaners, or abrasive liquid polish, as moisture can dissolve gesso and damage delicate water gilding.
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