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19th Century Rococo Revival Giltwood Overmantel Mirror Provenance: Country House Estate
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19th Century Rococo Revival Giltwood Overmantel Mirror Provenance: Country House Estate

19th century
For Sale by Siez Gallery
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An impressive 19th-century Rococo Revival giltwood overmantel mirror with exceptional country-house provenance from Wiltshire. The grand serpentine-arched frame features a heavily carved, openwork cresting of scrolling acanthus leaves and C-volutes, terminating in robust foliate corbel supports. It retains its highly desirable original 19th-century plate glass, displaying a wonderfully authentic aged patina with misty foxing, and is structurally enclosed by its original rough-sawn pine backing boards.

Size : 160cm x 105cm

Stock No : SG-MIR160

Date of Manufacture

Siez Gallery has dated this Rococo Giltwood Overmantel Mirror to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Check ID 09718087
Dealer's Item Date19th Century
Sellingantiques Date19th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 125-170 years old
Test ResultsPassed dating check
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 19TH CENTURY:
Pierced Rococo shell crest and scrolling foliage: high Victorian decorative taste.
Egg-and-dart moulding along the inner frame: classical nineteenth-century profile.
Gilded surface softened in the hollows: natural handling and dusting over decades.
Aged silvering across the glass: nineteenth-century plate manufacture.

This is an independent date and photo anotation report compiled 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.

Physical Dimensions
Height
160cm (62.99")
Width
105cm (41.34")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1245441
Dealers Internal Reference
SG-MIR160
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Description
An impressive 19th-century Rococo Revival giltwood overmantel mirror with exceptional country-house provenance from Wiltshire.
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The grand serpentine-arched frame features a heavily carved, openwork cresting of scrolling acanthus leaves and C-volutes, terminating in robust foliate corbel supports.
Siez Gallery

It retains its highly desirable original 19th-century plate glass, displaying a wonderfully authentic aged patina with misty foxing, and is structurally enclosed by its original rough-sawn pine backing boards.

Size : 160cm x 105cm

Stock No : SG-MIR160

Date of Manufacture

Siez Gallery has dated this Rococo Giltwood Overmantel Mirror to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Report ID 09718087
Dealer's Item Date19th Century
Sellingantiques dating19th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 125-170 years old
Test ResultsPassed dating check
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 19th Century:
Pierced Rococo shell crest and scrolling foliage: high Victorian decorative taste.
Egg-and-dart moulding along the inner frame: classical nineteenth-century profile.
Gilded surface softened in the hollows: natural handling and dusting over decades.
Aged silvering across the glass: nineteenth-century plate manufacture.

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
160cm (62.99")
Width
105cm (41.34")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1245441
Dealers Internal Ref
SG-MIR160
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Archive I A large 19th-century Rococo Revival overmantel mirror featuring an arched giltwood frame with detailed leaf carvings and a central crest.

19th Century Rococo Revival Giltwood Overmantel Mirror Provenance: Country House Estate

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Stow-on-the-Wold
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL54 1BN
United Kingdom
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A large 19th-century Rococo Revival overmantel mirror featuring an arched giltwood frame with detailed leaf carvings and a central crest.
19th Century Rococo Revival Giltwood Overmantel Mirror Provenance: Country House Estate
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A large 19th-century Rococo Revival overmantel mirror featuring an arched giltwood frame with detailed leaf carvings and a central crest.
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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing
  • ObjectOvermantel Mirrors
  • Period19th century
  • StyleRococo Revival
  • MaterialGiltwood, Glass, Gesso
  • ColourGold
  • MotifsAcanthus leaf crest, C-scrolls, Arched frame, Beaded border
  • SizeH 160 cm (63 in) x W 105 cm (41 in)

This nineteenth-century Rococo Revival overmantel mirror comes from a country house estate and works as a focal point placed above a mantel in a living room, dining room or hallway. The grand serpentine-arched frame uses giltwood, glass and gesso in a gold finish, enclosing original nineteenth-century plate glass with an authentic aged patina and misty foxing, backed by original rough-sawn pine boards. Detailed leaf carvings decorate the structure, including an openwork cresting with an acanthus leaf motif and C-scrolls, a beaded border along the inner edge, and robust foliate corbel supports at the base. The piece measures 160 cm high by 105 cm wide.

FAQs

The Rococo Revival movement originated in the 1830s, resurrecting 18th-century French design elements characterised by asymmetrical curves, elaborate acanthus leaves, shell motifs, and scrolling foliage.

These frames typically feature hand-carved wood or moulded composition material applied over a timber substrate, finished with gold leaf applied over coloured clay bole.

Authentic period examples exhibit natural signs of age including faint cracking in the gesso, wear exposing the underlying clay bole, foxing on original glass, and traditional wooden backboard construction.

Position the piece above a fireplace mantelpiece or lean it securely against a neutral wall to create a focal point that contrasts ornate detailing against contemporary architecture.

Dust gently using a soft dry brush or feather duster; avoid liquid cleaners, chemical polishes, or damp cloths, as moisture can dissolve gesso and lift fragile gold leaf.
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