Unrestored Gilt Overmantle Mirror C.1840.

Name: Unrestored Gilt Overmantle Mirror C.1840.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA378801
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Collinge Antiques

Description

Early 19th.c. triple plate gilded overmantle mirror c.1820. Wooden frame with moulded and gilded plasterwork decoration. Bevelled central mirror surrounded with an athemion pattern border flanked on each side with flat mirrors and faux columns with classical busts and claw feet. Moulded frieze across the top with scrolling foliate decoration and papyrus leaf pattern sides. On an ebonised plinth. Original unrestored condition with damage to the plasterwork, most obvious to the centre frieze and above the right hand bust. Minor spotting to the mirrors and missing a portion of the ebonised plinth (which could be simply removed). Original gilt finish attractively mellowed with age.

Dimensions: width 58", height 34", depth 2½".

Declaration

Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA378801

Dealers Internal Reference

28488

Dealers Notes

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Description

Early 19th.c. triple plate gilded overmantle mirror c.1820. Wooden frame with moulded and gilded plasterwork decoration.

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Bevelled central mirror surrounded with an athemion pattern border flanked on each side with flat mirrors and faux columns with classical busts and claw feet.

Collinge Antiques

Moulded frieze across the top with scrolling foliate decoration and papyrus leaf pattern sides. On an ebonised plinth. Original unrestored condition with damage to the plasterwork, most obvious to the centre frieze and above the right hand bust. Minor spotting to the mirrors and missing a portion of the ebonised plinth (which could be simply removed). Original gilt finish attractively mellowed with age.

Dimensions: width 58", height 34", depth 2½".

Date of Manufacture

Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA378801

Dealers Internal Ref

28488

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Collinge Antiques

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