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.
ebury trading, kent, united kingdom
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
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An English George III style carved and painted mirror, with a bevelled glass plate. c.1930's
£1,650.00
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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 cut faceted studs in the traditional 18th Century manner....
£6,700.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Stock No. 34521 Circa 1840 George 3rd Style Chippendale Style Gilded Mahogany Wall Mirror Surmounted by a fretted and pierced crests with gilded eagle decoration, the corners with outswept fretted details, and the fretted base...
£375.00
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Stock No. 34511 Circa 1880. Unusual Victorian wall mirror in a figured mahogany frame with scalloped and gilded decorations and 19th century mirror plate in excellent condition. 56 cm H x 39 cm W 56...
£290.00
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Stock No. 34466 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...
£650.00
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Circa 1860. Impressive tall mahogany framed Victorian Pier mirror. The moulded frame with rounded corners at the top in a quality figured mahogany. The mirror plate in excellent condition and with a solid slatted back....
£1,650.00
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Stock No. 34465 Circa 1900. Decorative embossed brass circular wall mirror in the manner of Margaret Gilmore (1863-1942). The embossed Glasgow-style Art Nouveau decoration with Celtic knots and a punched background around a circular beveled...
£425.00
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Stock No. 34459 Circa 1820. Regency giltwood rectangular wall mirror. The breakfront top with rondel decorations above a frieze with Neoclassical heraldic and rococo scroll decorations. The sides with fluted columns with Corinthian capitals and...
£890.00
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Stock No. 34458 Circa 1910. Unusual oak Arts and Crafts style dressing mirror. The rectangular mirror within an oak frame, the top with art nouveau style carvings and supported on shaped supports with acorn finials...
£375.00
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Circa 1920s. A stylish walnut Queen Anne Style walnut framed cheval mirror, the shaped frame with a bevel edge mirror insert, supported on two tapering uprights surmounted by finials, braced by large polished stretcher, resting...
£850.00
view detailskoos limburg jnr, glen prosen, united kingdom
Papal Interest A Fine Mirror With The Papal Coat Of Arms With the Two keys Last Quarter 18th Century. Mainly carved of one block of wood with original wooden ornaments fixed on the basic frame....
£4,750.00
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Circa 1920s. An unusual American Scotch whisky advertising mirror. Framed in a metal bezel which has been gilded, with the inscription “Authorised purveyor by appointment Catto’s Gold Label Scotch Whisky 86% proof”. At the bottom...
£375.00
view detailsfb antiques, rettendon common, united kingdom
For sale is a good quality Victorian mahogany toilet mirror, remaining in excellent condition. Width: 68cm Depth: 33cm Height: 76cm
£225.00
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Circa 1880. An Adam style carved gesso and painted over mantle mirror, with a flat top, moulded fore-edge with a foliate pattern, the frieze with classic Adam design including patera, swags of leaves and branches...
£1,250.00
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Circa 1820. Rare, neat-sized inlaid mahogany apprentice-piece Regency dressing mirror. The rectangular mirror in a moulded boxwood inlaid frame surmounted by a shaped crest and supported on turned pilasters with turned finials. The base with...
£440.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
A stylish queen Anne style mahogany frame cheval mirror, the dome top in fine flame mahogany, the mirror frame supported on 2 tapering uprights surmounted by a pair of elegant finials, with cast brass axe...
£900.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920. A stylish satin-birch and mahogany cheval mirror by ‘Whytock & Reid of Edinburgh’, the arched mirror framed in a satin-birch frame with a simple but elegant design on the top, the frame supported...
£2,250.00
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