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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An English circular Gothic mirror in carved oak and gesso, with a bevelled mirror plate. c.1905
£600.00
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A large English Chippendale style painted, finely carved and gesso segmented mirror. With a large pagoda, scrolls, acanthus and flanked either side with a squirrel and a bird. It has a good patina. c.1930's
£3,800.00
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A pair of Irish mirrors in the George III style, of good quality with faux mercury glass mirror plates pinned into patinated copper frames, bordered with clear and blue faceted studs in the traditional XVIII...
£7,400.00
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A pair of Irish mirrors in the George III style, of good quality with faux mercury glass mirror plates pinned into patinated copper frames, bordered with clear and ruby faceted studs in the traditional 18th...
£7,400.00
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An English red lacquered convex mirror by Thomas Fentham of London. With original plate and black slip. c.1815
£650.00
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A George VI and Queen Elizabeth commemorative cut mirrored glass in the shape of a crown with wood back and silvered orb, paper labels on reverse, W.S. Laurie's Glass Works, Wolverhampton, and special coronation label...
£1,000.00
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An XVIII Century carved fruitwood Venetian mirror in silver leaf, with the original foxed mercury glass. c.1780
£1,950.00
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A French Louis XV style overmantel mirror, in its original green paints and mercury plate, which is distressed in places. c.1880
£1,400.00
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A French overmantel mirror in silver leaf and ivory coloured gesso. c.1930
£2,200.00
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An English red Japanned toilet mirror, hand painted with gilt decoration. c.1960's
£450.00
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A French Mid-Century red painted and parcel gilt mirror in the Louis XIV style. c.1950
£995.00
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A large English, Chinese Chippendale style, profusely carved mirror in gesso and paint. Depicting pagodas, ho ho birds and a swan with a bevelled mirror glass plate. c.1950's
£3,200.00
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A pair of Irish mirrors in the George III style, of good quality with faux mercury glass mirror plates pinned into patinated copper frames, bordered with clear and blue faceted studs in the traditional XVIII...
£6,000.00
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An English Edwardian, George II style carved scarlet and giltwood mirror, with a bevelled plate. Carved throughout with foliage and surmounted with an eagle. c.1905
£1,850.00
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A French XVIII Century painted architectural trumeau mirror, set within a pedimented panel. c.1790
£800.00
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A large English overmantel mirror of unusual design, with a deep cabouchon frieze, distressed painted in an off white colour. c.1870
£1,950.00
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An Irish mirror in the George III style, of good quality with a faux mercury glass mirror plate pinned into a patinated copper frame, bordered with cobalt blue glass faceted studs in the traditional XVIII...
£3,700.00
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A XIX Century German carved gilt wood pier mirror, en suite with a matching console table, sold separately. Stamped 'Coburg' c.1880
£2,200.00
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A pair of Irish mirrors in the George III style, of good quality with faux mercury glass mirror plates pinned into patinated copper frames, bordered with clear and emerald faceted studs in the traditional XVIII...
£7,400.00
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A large Italian giltwood mirror in the style of a Renaissance tabernacle. Pedimented, with its original gilding and paintwork throughout. It has an old mirror plate with minor loses in places. This mirror is very...
£2,400.00
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A fine French Napoleon III carved gilt wood mirror with acanthus and trophy decoration. The original split mercury plate. c.1860
£2,500.00
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A pair of English Edwardian scarlet Japanned mirrors, each with different gold decoration. The plates are bevelled. c.1905
£1,400.00
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A charming Queen Anne style walnut dressing mirror of simple design. This could be hung also. c.1930
£300.00
view detailsebury trading, kent, united kingdom
An English George III style carved and painted mirror, with a bevelled glass plate. c.1930's
£1,650.00
view detailsebury trading, kent, united kingdom
A pair of Irish mirrors in the George III style, of good quality with faux mercury glass mirror plates pinned into patinated copper frames, bordered with cut faceted studs in the traditional 18th Century manner....
£6,700.00
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