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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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Whytock & Reid of Edinburgh Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900 a quality mahogany framed wall mirror by’ Whytock & Reid of Edinburgh’, with many of ‘Sir Robert Lorimer’ features, the curved and shaped top in book-matched mahogany, the original bevelled mirror in a...
£950.00
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Outstanding Quality Large Victorian Rectangular Giltwood Overmantel Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1860 Outstanding Quality Large Victorian Rectangular Giltwood Overmantel Mirror. The rectangular mirror in a flowerhead moulded frame with acanthus leaf cornice centred by a C scrolls, palmette and shell motifs with foliate columns to...
£4,750.00
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Neat-sized Regency giltwood rectangular bevelled-edge overmantel mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1830. Neat-sized Regency giltwood rectangular bevelled-edge overmantel mirror. The reverse breakfront cornice with roundel decorations above a frieze with flower head decorations. The rectangular bevelled mirror plate in excellent condition with a fluted ebonised...
£1,090.00
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Early Victorian Carved and Gild-Wood Over-Mantle Mirror.
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1860. An early Victorian carved and gilded over mantle mirror, the rectangular shaped mirror with domed top with applied carved and gilded section including a wonderful canopy centered by a flower-head with a carved...
£1,850.00
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Regency Gilded Overmantel Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1810. A Regency gilt wood and carved overmantel mirror, the mounted cornice above a lattice frieze centered by a swagged tablet over the rectangular mirror plate, flanked by leaf-classed cluster columns, all in excellent...
£1,750.00
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Mid Victorian grey painted & gesso overmantel mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1860. Mid Victorian grey painted &gesso overmantel mirror, recently restored with Farrow & Ball paint. The arched top and beaded rim above the moulded frame with laurel foliate decorations and the original mirror plate....
£1,850.00
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George IV Gilded Pier Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
A stylish George IV gilded and ebonized pier mirror. The moulded top with breakfront section on each end, with ribbing on the fore-edge with gilded balls on the underside, and a frieze depicting cherubs at...
£1,250.00
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Mahogany Inlaid Cheval Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900, a quality mahogany Sheraton-style inlaid cheval mirror, the large oval bevel edge mirror, containing the mahogany frame with rounded facing and checkered inlay on the fore-edge, supported on two moulded uprights, surmounted by...
£1,150.00
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Oval Mahogany Cheval Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920s. A stylish oval mahogany cheval mirror in a mahogany frame supported on two uprights with reeding on the fore-edge surmounted by brass finials in the form of urns, the mirror held in place...
£675.00
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Early Georgian-style figured walnut and gilded triptych dressing mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900. Early Georgian-style figured walnut and gilded triptych dressing mirror. The central, wider mirror with an arched top and shell decoration, on rectangular supports with gilded finials, is flanked by two smaller shaped mirrors...
£490.00
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Quality 19th Century Venetian cut glass wall mirror of oval form
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1870. Quality Venetian cut glass wall mirror of oval form surmounted by an open pediment in a ribbon bow shape and with a similar pendant decoration to the base and with an engraved secondary...
£490.00
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Mahogany Inlaid Cheval Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900, a quality mahogany Sheraton-style inlaid cheval mirror, the large oval bevel edge mirror, containing the mahogany frame with rounded facing and checkered inlay on the fore-edge, supported on two moulded uprights, surmounted by...
£1,150.00
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Neat- sized Queen Anne-style mahogany cheval mirror.
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920. Neat- sized Queen Anne-style mahogany cheval mirror. The mirror frame with a shaped top and a moulded frame in polished mahogany. With the mirror plate in excellent condition, on rectangular supports with turned...
£550.00
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George 3rd gilt and mahogany Chippendale style fretted wall mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1790. George 3rd gilt and mahogany Chippendale style fretted wall mirror. Surmounted by a fretted crest with gilded acanthus leaves, fretted arched corners and a shaped base, the moulded mirror frame with a gilded...
£650.00
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Neat-sized Regency giltwood triptych overmantel mirror in excellent condition
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1830. Regency giltwood triptych overmantel mirror. Surmounted by a moulded cornice with outswept rounded corners above a roundel decorated frieze with a central plaque with open foliate decoration. The three mirror sections with ebonized...
£1,100.00
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Neat-sized Regency gilt overmantel beveled-edge mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1840. Neat-sized Regency gilt overmantel beveled-edge mirror. With a part ebonized pediment above a gilded cornice with doubles pillars and horizontal column with acanthus clasps to the sides. The three beveled mirrors with fluted...
£1,290.00
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Neat-sized, Regency period gilded triptych overmantel mirror with acanthus decorated columns.
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1830. Neat-sized, Regency period gilded triptych overmantel mirror with acanthus decorated columns. Surmounted by an acanthus decorated cornice and frieze with horizontal columns with acanthus clasps. The sides with matching vertical acanthus clasped columns....
£1,650.00
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William IV with a stylish carved and gilded architectural pediment
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1830, unusual carved and gilded William IV mirror. With a carved and gilded architectural pediment above an arc section with a sunburst design. The 2 mirror plates are between William IV pilasters with acanthus...
£1,500.00
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Carved and fretted mahogany Georgian style wall mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900. Carved and fretted mahogany Georgian style wall mirror. The finely carved and fretted mirror frame with acanthus leaves on top, and bellflower chains on the sides and further acanthus open carving to the...
£475.00
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Walnut Framed Cheval Mirror with Barley Sugar Uprights
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900, an unusual walnut and barley sugar cheval mirror, the large oval bevelled mirror in a walnut frame, supported on barley sugar uprights, surmounted with elegant finials, the uprights are braced by two shaped...
£900.00
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Large Victorian Giltwood Over-Mantle Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1860 An early Victorian mahogany giltwood over mantle mirror, the rectangular mirror with a stylish top surmounted by a pierced foliate and carved giltwood section with foliate casting on the sides flanked by a...
£2,750.00
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Carved and Gilded Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1870. A quality mid-Victorian carved and gilt mirror, the frame with shell corners and center pierced on each corner with gilded foliate carving on the facing and the front of the frieze, with a...
£1,650.00
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Quality Queen Anne style neat-sized mahogany cheval mirror in Spanish mahogany
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920 Quality Queen Anne style neat-sized mahogany cheval mirror in Spanish mahogany. The tall rectangular mirror with a shaped top and its mirror plate in perfect condition within moulded flame mahogany frame. On square...
£650.00
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Outstanding large Rococo - style carved giltwood overmantel mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1860. Outstanding large Rococo-style carved giltwood overmantel mirror from Devizes Castle, Wiltshire. The shaped top with open C scrolls and foliate decorations including clusters of curved acanthus leaves. The old mirror plate with some...
£3,600.00
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Pair of Gilded Rectangular Framed Oval Mirrors
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Stock No. 34801 Circa 1880. A quality pair of rectangular framed mirrors, with moulded carved slip contained within a large rectangular frame with all of the surfaces gilded, the larger section with carving and a...
£800.00
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