antique mirrors: mirrors & looking glasses
Antique mirrors including, but not limited to, dressing table mirrors, cheval mirrors, swing mirrors and gilt mirrors. A mirror is an object that reflects an image. Light that bounces off a mirror will show an image of whatever is in front of it, when focused through the lens of the eye or a camera. Mirrors reverse the direction of the image in an equal yet opposite angle from which the light shines upon it. This allows the viewer to see themselves or objects behind them, or even objects that are at an angle from them but out of their field of view, such as around a corner. Natural mirrors have existed since prehistoric times, such as the surface of water, but people have been manufacturing mirrors out of a variety of materials for thousands of years, like stone, metals, and glass. In modern mirrors, metals like silver or aluminum are often used due to their high reflectivity, applied as a thin coating on glass because of its naturally smooth and very hard surface.
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Serpentine Fronted Toilet Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920s. A George III style, mahogany serpentine fronted inlaid toilet mirror. The heraldic shaped mirror, held in a mahogany frame, the mirror held in place by a pair of elegant shaped uprights with rondels...
£375.00
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George III Style Oval Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900. Unusual and stylish George III style oval gilded mirror. The top surmounted by an exuberant carved and gilded Prince of Wales plume with scrolling foliate to the sides, gilded wire with flower heads...
£900.00
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George IV Gilded Pier Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1825. A good George IV pier mirror. The stylish inverted top, with the four mirrors separated by a pair of Corinthian pilasters and a gilded cross moulding, with the gilding faded to a lovely...
£1,600.00
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Late Georgian Triptych Carved and Gilded Overmantel Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1830, a late Georgian triptych carved wood and gilded overmantel mirror. The deep cornice with gilded balls and a central motif of a carved shell, with ribbing on each side. The ends are breakfront...
£1,750.00
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Decorative Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Rectangular Mahogany Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1870. Dutch marquetry inlaid rectangular mahogany wall mirror. The frame with foliate marquetry inlay and the original mirror plate in excellent condition. Stock No 33421
£550.00
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Early Georgian Style Red Lacquered Wall Mirror in The Chinoiserie Style
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1880. Early Georgian style red lacquered wall mirror in the chinoiserie style. The shaped top with a gilded shell motif and frieze with painted chinoiserie figures and trees. The moulded mirror frame in red...
£770.00
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Regency Style Gilded Convex Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1950s. A good Regency style gilded convex mirror. The top surmounted by a gilded and carved eagle with outspread wings, a chain and ball hanging from its beak, with his talons clasping a rocky...
£600.00
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Gilded Regency Style Convex Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1880. A good Regency style gilded convex mirror. The top surmounted by a classic gilded eagle with outspread wings with his talons clasping a rocky base. The convex mirror contained in a gilded slip...
£950.00
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Gilded George III Style Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1890, a George III style gilded framed mirror, with the original broad bevel edged mirror contain gilt frame with an egg and dart beading, and the outside carved and gilded with the appearance of...
£750.00
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Carved and Gilded Tryptic Overmantel Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900. An unusual and stylish low and elongated tryptic overmantel mirror. The top with a pierced and wavy flower heads with swags, with a Bacchus head in the centre, with the flowers continuing down...
£1,750.00
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Pretty antique porcelain dressing table mirror
unique antiques by emma jade, ipswich, united kingdom
Pretty antique porcelain dressing table mirror, having an oval shaped mirror to the centre flanked by two cherubs, raised on a shaped rectangular base encrusted with beautiful flowers in pink, green, blue and yellow colours...
£395.00
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Unusual antique Edwardian quality chinoiserie decorated wall mirror
unique antiques by emma jade, ipswich, united kingdom
Unusual antique Edwardian quality chinoiserie decorated wall mirror, having a large bevelled edge wall mirror flanked by quality chinoiserie decorated panels. D. 1900
£595.00
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Antique Oval Gilt Wall Mirror
mcbains antiques, exeter, united kingdom
Good antique late 19thC Victorian oval gilt wall mirror.
£345.00
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Large Victorian Giltwood Overmantel Mirror in Excellent Condition
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1860. Large Victorian giltwood overmantel mirror in excellent condition. The arched top with a central cartouche and the moulded frame with flower heads and fluted scrolling throughout. The base with curved out-swept sides supporting...
£3,250.00
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Regency Mahogany & Brass Toilet Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1815. A Regency framed mahogany toilet mirror. The rectangular framed mirror held in place by elegant uprights surmounted by a pair of acorn finials supported on turned uprights with brass rings top and below,...
£375.00
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Fine Quality Mother of Pearl Inlaid Hongmu Chinese Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1880. Fine quality mother of pearl inlaid Hongmu Chinese mirror. The rectangular mirror with corner extensions and profusely inlaid with foliage and birds in carved mother of pearl. All enclosing a bevel edged mirror....
£1,090.00
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Stylish 19th Century Adams-Style Neo-Classical Gilded Oval Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1850. Stylish Adams-style neo-classical gilded oval wall mirror. The original beveled mirror plate in excellent condition in a moulded slip within the oval frame surmounted by a neo-classical urn with bell flower chains and...
£750.00
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French Walnut Framed Bevel-Edged Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1890 A Late Victorian French carved walnut over mantel mirror, the pierced and carved top with wonderful foliate carving the shaped bevel edged mirror with multiple mouldings with profusely carved and pierced sides with...
£650.00
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Superb quality antique Victorian mahogany inlaid cheval mirror
unique antiques by emma jade, ipswich, united kingdom
Superb quality antique Victorian mahogany inlaid cheval mirror, having a superb quality mahogany inlaid swan neck pediment above a bevelled edge adjustable mirror in a beautiful mahogany inlaid frame, standing on shaped sabra legs with...
£2,195.00
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Georgian Style Chippendale Rectangular Fretted Mahogany Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1850. Georgian style Chippendale rectangular wall mirror. Surmounted by open fret decoration with a gilded bird of Ho. The moulded mirror frame with a foliate gilt slip with fret decorations to the sides and...
£575.00
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Painted & Gilded Tryptic Overmantel Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1820. A George IV gilt and painted tryptic overmantel mirror. The stylish top painted and gilded with dentilled and beaded and egg and dart mouldings. The frieze with classic Adam style swags and tails...
£1,650.00
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Antique Edwardian Cheval Dressing Mirror
mcbains antiques, exeter, united kingdom
Good antique Edwardian full length adjustable cheval dressing mirror.
£215.00
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Early Georgian-Style Mahogany Cheval Dressing Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920. Quality early Georgian-style mahogany cheval dressing mirror. The shaped top mirror frame with moulded sides on tapering supports surmounted by finials with brass axe head mounts. The beveled mirror plate with slight foxing...
£875.00
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Impressive Tall Carved Swedish Giltwood Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1850. An impressive tall carved giltwood Swedish mirror in the rococo style, with a carved and gilded pierced foliate carved top. The shaped mirror contained with elongated gilded strips with C-scrolls to the mirror...
£4,950.00
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Antique Large Dressing Table Swing Mirror
mcbains antiques, exeter, united kingdom
Large antique 19thC Victorian dressing table swing mirror with a three drawer base.
£175.00
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