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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Large French 18th Century Split Panel Chateau Mirror
devo design, london, united kingdom
Large 185cm high French 18th Century split panel mirror with sparkle, glass patination typical of the hand made mercury type. Sourced from a chateau via Avignon antique dealer, in 2003 Treated for woodworm prior to...
£2,700.00
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Mahogany Framed Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920.A stylish shaped mahogany frame with a slightly curved top with 2 foliate carved sections beneath, containing the original bevel edge mirror, which is in excellent condition. MS614392
£355.00
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Exhibition Quality Louis XV Style Cheval Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Stock No.33718 Circa 1850. A Louis XV style a kingwood and ormolu mounted cheval mirror of monumental proportions, the large shaped framed mirror surmounted by gilded cartouche, with further gilded mounts along the sides, with...
£5,500.00
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George II Style Large Mahogany and Carved Giltwood Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1880. Stylish George II style mahogany and carved giltwood wall mirror. The shaped top with gilded acanthus and urn decorations above Rococo C scrolls and with trailing foliage down the sides. The shaped mirror...
£1,075.00
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Chippendale-Style Fretted Mahogany Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
33747 Circa 1850 19th century Chippendale-style fretted mahogany wall mirror with original mirror plate. The rectangular mirror plate with a small degree of foxing surrounded by a moulded frame and surmounted by a fretted pediment...
£290.00
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Stunning Large Ornate Wall Mirror
fb antiques, rettendon common, united kingdom
Large ornate gilt framed mirror in good condition, would look stunning in any home.
£495.00
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Late Victorian inlaid and fretted Chippendale-style wall mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1880 Late Victorian inlaid and fretted Chippendale-style wall mirror. The mirror plate within a gilt slip in perfect condition and the mahogany frame with boxwood and ebony inlay. Surmounted by a fretted pediment, the...
£275.00
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Attractive Neat-Sized Burr Walnut Georgian-Style Cheval Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920 Attractive neat-sized burr walnut Georgian-style cheval mirror. The shaped arch top on the burr walnut moulded frame. The mirror plate with some “foxing” but overall in good condition. All supported on square tapering...
£790.00
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Unusual Carved Hardwood, Gilded and Ebonized Japanese Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920 Unusual carved hardwood gilded and ebonized Japanese mirror. The rectangular mirror with a foliate-carved gilded frame and protruding shaped panels at both ends with gilded and finely carved Geisha girls in a foliate...
£675.00
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Victorian Gentleman's Shaving stand and mirror in mahogany
bore park antiques, nuneaton, united kingdom
Rare item from the Victorian era, the stand is of quality mahogany mirror in good order though frames surround is needing attention which I shall carry out in with my asking price, standing 155cm high...
£350.00
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Carved Oak Overmantel Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
A carved and dated oak framed mirror with a shaped and carved pediment with a date of 1912 and the letters JDD carved into the wood, the sides with 2 large carved rondels with squirrels...
£1,400.00
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Mirror early 18th century circa 1720
bore park antiques, nuneaton, united kingdom
A really fantastic looking item of beauty, consider Italian from the early part of the 18th century, condition is not perfect, the mirror being original has some blemishes as dos the frame and the cherubs...
£2,500.00
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Victorian Style Reproduction Painted and Gilded Overmantel Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 2000. Victorian style reproduction painted and gilded overmantel mirror. The top surmounted by rococo scrolls, conch shells and gilded flower heads above the foliate framed mirror with a beaded inner slip and bevel glass...
£770.00
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Rare Pair of Gilded Bevel-Edged Mid-Victorian Wall Mirrors
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1860. Rare pair of gilded bevel-edged mid-Victorian wall mirrors. Surmounted by a decorative crest with puti figures surrounded by acanthus leaves and Rococo C-scrolls, the shaped moulded frames of the mirrors above a decorative...
£1,450.00
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Large Victorian Gild Overmantel Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1870. A quality mid Victorian carved and gilded wood and gesso overmantel mirror. The shaped arch top surmounted by a pierced scalloped shell entwined in a circle with foliate carving above. The pediment with...
£4,250.00
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Magnificent Large Carved Renaissance-Style Bevel Edge Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1860. Magnificent large carved Renaissance style bevel edge mirror. Surmounted by pierced pediment with carved angels, Rococo C scrolls and acanthus foliage, the sides of the mirror with further open carvings of a flower...
£2,500.00
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Renaissance-Style Carved Fruitwood Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Mid-1800s or earlier. Renaissance-style carved fruitwood wall mirror. Surmounted by a ‘broken’ arched pediment with a central puti figure and bunches of grapes. The sides with further puti figures above C scroll decorations, and with...
£750.00
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Gilt Framed Oval Bevel Edged Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920s. An unusual and stylish oval bevel edge mirror contained in a rectangular gilded frame. The bevel edge mirror in excellent condition with the slip of a finely carved gesso, all contained in a...
£500.00
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Unusual, Neat-Size Rosewood Regency Overmantel Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1830. Unusual, neat-size rosewood Regency overmantel mirror. The original mirror plate in excellent condition within a rosewood frame with split neoclassical columns with blocked corners. The reverse breakfront base above fluted white porcelain feet....
£550.00
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Carved and Gilded Mirror in the Manner of ‘James Moore’
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900. A carved gilded George I style mirror in the manner of ‘James Moore’. The top surmounted by an elegant scalloped shaped floral section flanked by two mythical birds, the gilded frame with classic...
£1,500.00
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Regency Gilded Tryptic Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1815. A quality Regency gilded tryptic mirror. The shaped moulded cornice with a stylish and interesting frieze above fluted columns with carved capitals, the three mirrors contained in an ebonized gilt slip, each flanked...
£1,950.00
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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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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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