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Beautiful French Baroque Wall Mirror / Pier Glass
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Beautiful French Baroque Wall Mirror / Pier Glass

19th century
Description

This is a beautiful gilded wall mirror in excellent clean condition dating from around 1870.

The outstanding mirror is in superb clean condition and has a delightful design in the French Baroque style. The frame is in hand carved timber with its original gilded gesso finish in lovely condition, quite remarkable for the age of the piece.

This is a really useful size for any room measuring 72 cms by 47 cms overall.

UK insured packing and delivery is £25

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.

Date of Manufacture

Rams Head Antiques has dated this French Baroque Wall Mirror to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Guide ID 09315146
Dealer's Item Date19th Century
Sellingantiques Date19th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 125-160 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 19TH CENTURY:
Red bole showing through high points: traditional water gilding over gesso.
Circular saw marks on pine backboards: mill-sawn timber cut after 1850.
Natural shrinkage gaps between horizontal backboards: gradual movement in the secondary timber.
Hand-carved gouge facets under the gesso: carved wood rather than moulded composition.
Mottling and silvering haze in upper sections: aged nineteenth-century mirror plate.

This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.

Physical Dimensions
Height
72cm (28.35")
Width
47cm (18.50")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1187878
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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Description
This is a beautiful gilded wall mirror in excellent clean condition dating from around 1870.
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The outstanding mirror is in superb clean condition and has a delightful design in the French Baroque style.
Rams Head Antiques

The frame is in hand carved timber with its original gilded gesso finish in lovely condition, quite remarkable for the age of the piece.

fig 1. An ornate French Baroque style wall mirror with a carved gold gilded frame featuring acanthus scrollwork, a floral top medallion, and a shell crest.
fig 1. Beautiful French Baroque Wall Mirror / Pier Glass

This is a really useful size for any room measuring 72 cms by 47 cms overall.

UK insured packing and delivery is £25

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.

Date of Manufacture

Rams Head Antiques has dated this French Baroque Wall Mirror to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Report ID 09315146
Dealer's Item Date19th Century
Sellingantiques dating19th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 125-160 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 19th Century:
Red bole showing through high points: traditional water gilding over gesso.
Circular saw marks on pine backboards: mill-sawn timber cut after 1850.
Natural shrinkage gaps between horizontal backboards: gradual movement in the secondary timber.
Hand-carved gouge facets under the gesso: carved wood rather than moulded composition.
Mottling and silvering haze in upper sections: aged nineteenth-century mirror plate.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Height
72cm (28.35")
Width
47cm (18.50")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Reference Numbers
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SA1187878
Rams Head Antiques
Rams Head Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Sep 2014
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An ornate French Baroque style wall mirror with a carved gold gilded frame featuring acanthus scrollwork, a floral top medallion, and a shell crest.
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Archive I An ornate French Baroque style wall mirror with a carved gold gilded frame featuring acanthus scrollwork, a floral top medallion, and a shell crest.

Beautiful French Baroque Wall Mirror / Pier Glass

Archive II An ornate French Baroque style wall mirror with a carved gold gilded frame featuring acanthus scrollwork, a floral top medallion, and a shell crest. View II
Archive III An ornate French Baroque style wall mirror with a carved gold gilded frame featuring acanthus scrollwork, a floral top medallion, and a shell crest. View III
Archive IV An ornate French Baroque style wall mirror with a carved gold gilded frame featuring acanthus scrollwork, a floral top medallion, and a shell crest. View IV
Archive V An ornate French Baroque style wall mirror with a carved gold gilded frame featuring acanthus scrollwork, a floral top medallion, and a shell crest. View V
Archive VI An ornate French Baroque style wall mirror with a carved gold gilded frame featuring acanthus scrollwork, a floral top medallion, and a shell crest. View VI
Archive VII An ornate French Baroque style wall mirror with a carved gold gilded frame featuring acanthus scrollwork, a floral top medallion, and a shell crest. View VII
Archive VIII An ornate French Baroque style wall mirror with a carved gold gilded frame featuring acanthus scrollwork, a floral top medallion, and a shell crest. View VIII
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Archive X An ornate French Baroque style wall mirror with a carved gold gilded frame featuring acanthus scrollwork, a floral top medallion, and a shell crest. View X
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Rams Head Antiques
Telephone 07769 255 544
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Wolsingham
Weardale
Durham
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/ramsheadantiques
Verified Since Sep 2014
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An ornate French Baroque style wall mirror with a carved gold gilded frame featuring acanthus scrollwork, a floral top medallion, and a shell crest.
Beautiful French Baroque Wall Mirror / Pier Glass
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An ornate French Baroque style wall mirror with a carved gold gilded frame featuring acanthus scrollwork, a floral top medallion, and a shell crest.
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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing
  • ObjectWall Mirrors
  • Period19th century
  • StyleFrench Baroque
  • MaterialCarved Wood, Gold Leaf, Glass
  • ColourGold
  • MotifsAcanthus leaf scrolls, Scallop shell crest, Floral medallion emblem, Shaped mirror frame
  • SizeH 72 cm (28 in) x W 47 cm (19 in) x D 3 cm (1 in)

This French Baroque pier glass is a 19th-century wall mirror crafted from hand-carved timber finished in a gold leaf gesso. The frame displays a shaped outline decorated with acanthus leaf scrolls, a shell crest at the bottom base, and a circular floral medallion emblem at the top containing birds amongst foliage. The mirror hangs from a linked metal chain attached to the upper crest. The piece measures 72 cm high, 47 cm wide, and 3 cm deep overall. Positioned above a sideboard in a living room, hallway, or dining space, the mirror brings a traditional French chateau aesthetic to interior settings. The reflective glass plate is set within the heavily moulded and carved wooden surround, which retains its original gilded finish.

FAQs

French Baroque mirrors feature dramatic symmetry, bold relief carvings, and elaborate decorative motifs such as acanthus leaves, crests, and floral medallions. Developed during the 17th century, these designs emphasized grand proportions, dynamic curves, and rich gold leaf finishes intended to reflect candlelight across opulent rooms.

Authentic period frames were carved from solid wood, often lime or pine, coated with gesso, and finished using water gilding with gold leaf applied over a clay bole background. Mirror plates were made from blown glass coated with a tin-mercury amalgam, resulting in slight surface distortions and subtle oxidisation.

Authentic period mirrors display signs of age, such as visible red or grey clay bole under worn gilding, hand-carving marks on the frames reverse, and minor spotting or foxing within the glass plate. Modern reproductions typically feature molded resin rather than carved wood and uniform, machine-applied gold paint.

A carved gilded mirror serves as a focal point when placed above a minimalist sideboard, console table, or fireplace mantel. Contrast the intricate scrollwork of the frame against plain painted walls or dark wallpaper to highlight its detailed architectural silhouettes.

Dust giltwood frames gently using a dry, soft-bristled brush, avoiding water or liquid cleaners that can dissolve historic water gilding. Clean the glass plate separately using a soft cloth dampened with water, taking care not to let moisture seep into the frame jointing or behind the glass.
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