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| Rare C19th Indo-Portuguese carved rosewood garniture of mirrors. |
Rare C19th Indo-Portuguese carved rosewood garniture of mirrors .
Incredibly well-detailed carved decorative set of 3 mirrors , comprising large oval mirror and pair of shelved arched-top mirror-backed side mirrors. The intricate deep carving depicting exotic fruits , vegetables and flowers from the sub-continent . The oval mirror showing European influence of design with a carved ribbon surmount . The set also features a carved pineapple motif , long regarded in the West as a symbol of wealth and hospitality.
Probably produced in the state of Goa , Western India , an area long colonised by the Portuguese as an important trading base , and reknowned for the production of quality carved wares in both timber and ivory for export to the West.
Stunning quality set of mirrors , almost certainly unique and possibly produced as exhibition pieces. A masterful 'tour-de-force' example of the skills of the carver , resulting in an arresting and flourishing display of striking visual impact together with exhuberant excess.
Excellent colour and original condition .
The deeply carved rosewood frames having achieved a glowing contrasting patination and highlights . The original oval mirror plate with minor areas of atmospheric 'foxing'. Original panelled back to oval .
H(oval) 50"
W 35"
D 4"
H (pair) 31"
W 10"
D 5"
India c. 1860 |
| Ref: ML 1701 |
Price:
£12,000
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| C18th French Regence period 'parcloses' gilt-wood mirror |
C18th French Regence period 'parcloses' gilt-wood mirror. Wonderful original gilding with crisply carved shell-motif frame with floral carving and incised leaf decoration .Retains its original 'foxed' silver grey plates .Impressive scale .
H 70"
W 39 ".
France c.1740 |
| Ref: ML 87 |
Price:
£10,000
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| C18th George II period walnut and carved 'parcel' gilt framed mirror of Palladian design . |
C18th George II period walnut and carved 'parcel' gilt framed mirror of Palliadian design .
Good large scale mid-C18th walnut framed mirror of bold architectural design influenced by the works of the Italian Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) , one of the most influential figures in Western architecture . Revered in Britain by C18th architects and designers ,such as William Kent , who adopted his principles , the Palladian style of architecture drew heavily on its composition from the classical architecture and design of the ancient Roman and Greek Empires.
Bold scroll pediment surmount following the lines of a Roman triumphal arch , with large central carved giltwood cartouche , carved rosette and leaf motifs to the terminals. Incised gilt-wood surround to the edges and to the original aged grey silvered mirror plate . The pediment divided from the plate with a bold 'egg and dart' carved gilt-wood mould.
The sides with carved gilt-wood leaf and berry ornamentation . The upper part of the sides with shaped classical volute scrolls . The base of the frame with a deep shaped apron .
In excellent original condition , with only minor areas of historic repairs to the figured walnut veneered frame surround.
The walnut of good quality selected figured veneers . The gilding of good , gently-aged patina.
Original backboards.
H 56"
W 31"
D 3"
England c. 1740 |
| Ref: ML 1701 |
Price:
£3,750
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| C19th French Empire period mahogany and ormolu-mounted 'cheval ' or Psyche , robing mirror |
C19th French Empire period mahogany and ormolu-mounted 'cheval' or Psyche ,full-length robing mirror. Fantastic quality chased ormolu urn surmounts with ormolu leaf/wreath and floreat design surrounds upon rich coloured and well-figured mahogany frame. Original mercury plate pivoting in centre ,and standing upon gilded brass castors . The shaped support base joined by a columnar lateral bar .
France c.1820
H 76 "
W 40 " |
| Ref: ML 723 |
Price:
£3,600
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| Large early C19th Regency period carved gilt-wood convex plate mirror.
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Large early C19th Regency period carved gilt-wood convex plate mirror.
Finely carved gilt-wood frame with deep acanthus leaf carved scrolls to the top and carved berry pendant and leaf carving to the bottom , with carved spread-eagle pedimented surmount . The eagle with finely-carved feather detail perched upon a carved rocky outcrop ,and the raised pedestal plinth with hatched /chequered decoration . The original grey silvered convex mirror plate surrounded by an ebonised reeded slip .
Deep moulded cavetto-section circular frame with carved 'split-pearl' and spiral detail to the inner , with large closely spaced balls/spheres to the outer . The edge of the frame with triple moulded detail .
In excellent original condition . Original gilded finish with only minor chips and losses to gesso and gilding .
England c.1815
H (overall) 48"
Dia. 28"
Dia. (Plate) 20"
Depth 5"
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| Ref: ML1610 |
Price:
£3,300
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| Early C19th Regency gilt-wood classical design overmantel mirror of good large scale and proportion. |
Early C19th Regency gilt-wood classical design overmantel mirror of good large scale and proportion .
All original condition and gilding . Large single mirror plate flanked by Corinthian-capped leaf-wrapped columns of classical inspiration , with leaf embossed cavetto top frieze of breakfront-end form . The base with shallow ebonised mould plinth of conforming shape.
Wonderful original silvered plate with atmospheric aging and foxing . Some minor areas of rubbing to gilding with minor areas of 'bleeding' ,showing base of red/pink gesso.
Strong classical architectural statement.
Original panelled back-boards.
The whole in as found ,original 'country-house' condition.
Minor losses to Corinthian cap detail , which can be sympathetically restored and gilt-matched in our workshops if required.
A mirror of rare and desirable scale , surviving in wonderful original state .
H 52"
W 70"
D 6"
England c.1820 |
| Ref: ML166 |
Price:
£2,450
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| C19th Italian carved gilt-wood framed rococo-style mirror. |
C19th Italian carved gilt-wood framed rococo-style mirror. Flamboyant C18th-style late Baroque-period design asymmetrically carved gilt-wood framed mirror, with elaborate rococo C-scroll ,flower-head and leaf detail.
Deeply-carved detailed gilt-wood surround to the aged and gently "foxed" mercury-silvered plate. In good original 'Country-House' condition , with an aged gilded 'period' patina, together with original back-boards.
In overall excellent condition ,with no losses or damage to frame.
A great piece of stylish interior decoration .
H 56"
W 28 ".
Italy c. 1850 |
| Ref: MLBO 1411 |
Price:
£2,200
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| Late C19th French gilt-wood and gesso-framed oval mirror of good large scale. |
Late C19th French gilt-wood and gesso-framed oval mirror of good large scale . Elegant bow-crested frame with intertwined wavy ribbon edge and interlaced cresting to the base. Well-defined detailed decoration throughout with foliate-carved scones (lacking candle-knozzles).The inner edge with carved 'lambs-tongue' decoration ,together with split-pearl detail to the outer, the 'ribbons' decorated with flower-heads.
The frame has benefited from expensive re-gilding some 25 years ago , and is presented in "ready-to-hang" condition .The gilding is bright and crisp ,and has a warm glow and patina. The original mercury-silvered oval plate of a good sparkly ,grey hue with some atmospheric small areas of 'foxing'.
Original panelled back-board. A great decorative statement of impressive design and proportions.
Excellent overall condition.
H (overall)56"
W(overall)33"
Mirror plate 37"x 27".
France c. 1880 |
| Ref: MLBO 133 |
Price:
£1,850
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| Early C19th Regency period carved gilt-wood framed 'girandole' convex -plate mirror |
Early C19th Regency period carved gilt-wood framed 'girandole' convex -plate mirror. Elegant Regency convex mirror with original gilding . Fitted with shaped twin candle-arms with carved sconces/candle nozzles ,and crisply-carved classically inspired gilt-wood embellishments.
The original mercury-silvered convex plate with reeded and ebonised slip surround. The top surmount with scroll acanthus leaf and central leaf-wrapped 'berry' finial , the base apron of similar foliate scroll design. All carving of good definition and depth. The rounded section frame with leaf carving detail to the quarters.
Original back-boards.
Excellent original condition with gently-aged original gilding , minor areas of wear with 'bleeding' of rouge gesso base showing .
No damage or losses.
H (overall) 41"
W(arm to arm)32"
Dia (overall). 24"
Dia (plate). 18"
Depth 3"
D(overall) 9"
England c. 1815
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| Ref: ML1510 |
Price:
£1,850
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| Early C19th late George III period carved gilt-wood 3-plate 'landscape' over-mantel mirror. |
Early C19th late George III period carved gilt-wood 3-plate 'landscape' over-mantel mirror.
Well-carved and detailed gilt-wood framed mirror , which has been professionally and sympathetically restored and re-gilded approximately 10 years ago ,at what would have been very considerable cost, resulting in a spectacular brightly-burnished landscape-type mirror in first-class condition.
Skilful attention to detail and first-class quality gilding technique have produced an excellent restored mirror.
The plates divided by finely-scaled architectural fluted columns with carved leaf-wrapped Corinthian capital details and 'split-pearl' carving . The frieze with attractive gridded lattice-and-star decoration.. The central rectangular tablet of the frieze with a well-defined carved gilt-wood conch-shell with carved reeds or foliage fronds, to each side. Well-spaced spheres adorn the top below a shaped inverted break-front cornice . Each end fitted with a gilded ball foot to sit upon a chimney-piece or overmantel.
Original centre mirror plate with some atmospheric foxing , the side plates very clear and possibly late C19th replacements.
Overall presented in excellent condition .
H 29"
W 62"
D 6"
England c.1805 |
| Ref: ML 1610 |
Price:
£1,700
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| Mid C19th carved giltwood oval-framed overmantel mirror with unusual carved fern motif decoration. |
Mid C19th carved giltwood oval-framed overmantel mirror with unusual carved fern motif decoration .
The central oval-framed plate with applied surmount and side-pieces carved decoration featuring "Hart's-Tongue" fern fronds. Original throughout with good clear original mirror plate and back-boards. The original gilding with a gently aged patina, which in places has subtly worn through to show the decorative and atmospheric red-pink gesso ground beneath .
The "Hart's-Tongue" fern deriving it's name from the likeness of it's fronds in appearance ,to that of the tongue of an adult male red deer or hart . The leaf of the "Hart's-Tongue" fern was also used in folk medicine as a spleen tonic.
During the mid to late C19th , 'ferneries' and botanical collections of ferns were highly-desirable and fashionable . 'Pteridomania' (or fern craze) was a term coined by Charles Kingsley, clergyman and naturalist , to describe the fervoured collecting of British and exotic species of fern which gripped the country during this period.
It is likely this attractively designed mirror frame with its unusual and possibly unique fern decoration, was commissioned by such an aficionado , naturalist, horticulturist or botanist.
Designed to fit flush to ,and sit upon , the top of a mantle-piece or fire-surround .
H 39"
W (oval) 44"
W (full) 55"
D 3"
England.1850 |
| Ref: ML 1702 |
Price:
£1,250
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| C19th Flemish ebonised 'cushion' mirror |
C19th Flemish ebonised 'cushion' mirror .Repousse brass mounts and ripple moulded in C17th style .Good impressive scale.
H 48"
W 40".
Holland c 1880 |
| Ref: ML 62 |
Price:
£1,200
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| C19th Regency period gilt-wood 3-plate overmantel mirror. |
C19th Regency period gilt-wood overmantel mirror. .Gilded surround with some old gold over-painting. Decorated gesso frieze with large conch-shell to centre, split columns, floral and rosette motifs . Ebonised and reeded dividers to plates, and inverted break cornice . Original plates with some nice "foxing" and degradation to centre mirror panel. Authentic 'Country House' condition and sourced from a local property where it has been fixed for 200 years.
W 56"
H 31".
England c 1810 |
| Ref: MLC 136 |
Price:
£900
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| C19th Georgian revival mahogany and parcel gilt pier mirror |
C19th Georgian revival mahogany and parcel gilt pier mirror with painted landscape panel and armorial / baronial crest and shell to base. H 60"
W 24 "
England c. 1880. |
| Ref: ML85 |
Price:
£650
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| C19th George II revival style mahogany and parcel-gilt fret carved mirror. |
C19th George II revival style mahogany and parcel-gilt fret carved mirror . Faithfully produced copy of a mid C18th Georgian mirror with fret carved outline , 'swan-neck' broken-arch pediment and parcel-gilt details. Shaped incised parcel-gilt slip/surround. Well-carved giltwood appliqués to the uprights with flower-head and leaf detail .
Good clear plate with minor defects adding to the period feel .
Panelled back with old furniture repository label attached.
Minor loss of colour to small areas of mahogany veneer , but of good colour and patina with no losses to carving or parcel-gilt detail.
H 43"
W 22"
England c.1880 |
| Ref: ML165 |
Price:
£575
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| Early C20th Chinese hardwood open fret-work framed wall mirror with carved boxwood decoration . |
Early C20th Chinese hardwood open fret-work framed wall mirror with carved boxwood decoration .
Stylish Chinese carved huali /rosewood framed mirror with interesting contrasting carved boxwood block vignettes featuring grass-hopper or cricket and foliage motifs. The open-fret frame centre with a quatrefoil shaped bevelled plate mirror . The top fitted with a decorative lacquered brass fretted 'hanging' bracket . The boarded back fitted with eyelets to enable concealed hanging .
Throughout Chinese history and culture , crickets have symbolised wisdom and prosperity ,and the singing of crickets revered . Crickets lay hundreds of eggs and their fertility coincides with the traditional Chinese belief that having many children is a symbol of vitality , happiness and abundance.
Of excellent colour and patina and in first-class condition .
H 30"
W 19"
D 1"
Mirror plate 18" x 18"
China c.1920 |
| Ref: ML 1612 |
Price:
£550
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| Fine late C18th Italian Florentine carved gilt-wood frame mirror of good large scale. |
Fine late C18th Italian Florentine carved gilt-wood frame mirror of good large scale. Heavily carved gilt-wood frame with scroll and leaf/foliate decoration , retaining its original gilding. Impressive 'double' depth carved and pierced frame with typical Florentine central cartouche/reserve carving detail to the centres of all sides. The hand-bevelled edge plate with a good silvered-grey period colour , probably having been replaced around 100 years ago. The frame probably conceived originally for an oil painting .
Some minor chips and cracks to the decoration and carving commensurate with age ,and the back-boards having been replaced.
A smart piece of C18th opulent and flamboyant decoration with which to add mood and light to a period room-setting.
H 52"
W 42"
D 4"
Italy, Florence c.1770
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| C19th Baltic Empire design gilt-wood pier mirror |
C19th Baltic Empire-design gilt-wood pier mirror. Brightly gilded frame of impressive scale and good carved detail with architectural pediment top and lyre detail to break-front frieze panel . Foliate-capped , fluted half-columns to uprights .Original 'sparkly' mercury mirror-plate with subtle grey colour.
H 72"
W 36".
Sweden c.1830 |
| Ref: ML 90 |
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| C19th 'Chinese Chippendale'-style mirror |
| C19th 'Chinese Chippendale'-style mirror.Carved wood frame with silvered gesso finish . Stylish quality mirror with pagoda top .H 54" W 30" |
| Ref: ML 164 |
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| Early C19th Regency period carved gilt-wood framed convex mirror. |
Early C19th Regency period carved gilt-wood framed convex mirror . Well-carved gilt-wood frame mirror of impressive scale with eagle-surmounted top .In good original condition with no losses or repairs to carving . Leaf-carved /foliate top with carved foliate and 'c' scroll apron to base , the eagle with outstretched wings perched on a plinth with a rock-work pedestal. The convex plate with original mercury silvering showing some nicely 'foxed'/blackened aged areas. The moulded-edge cavetto frame surround with applied sphere decoration , and inset with an ebonised and reeded slip. Some minor rubbing to gilding , but overall with a pleasing and sympathetically-aged mellow patina and finish.
H(overall)54 "
Dia.30 "
England c.1820 |
| Ref: MLA 151 |
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