A very rare 19th Century castle or country house giltwood overmantel mirror of exceptional quality and grand proportions featuring Neoclassical motifs throughout. The shaped mirror glass plate of rectangular form is set within a finely hand carved moulded, pierced and fluted giltwood frame with elegant columnar detail and with alternating rows of flowerheads, scrolls, foliate, beading, egg and dart detail. Surmounted with an exquisitely ornate, pierced centred crest composition comprising of an arrangement of c-scrolls, bellhusks, ruffles and swags of foliate motif detail flanked with trailing acanthus leaves and foliate set against a columnar support, finely hand carved in high relief. The stunning pair of masques to each side are framed within c-scrolls with acanthus and foliate detail surmounted with flaming torches raised above a pair of side columns with beautifully detailed flowerheads, foliate and flaming torches. Supported on a shaped platform base with ebonised detail and ...