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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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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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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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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Exhibition Quality Cheval Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900. A quality Edwardian red walnut cheval mirror probably by’ Morrison & Co. of Edinburgh’. The bevel edge mirror contained in a crisp carved walnut frame surmounted by foliate carving with the frame following...
£1,250.00
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George III Style Gilded and Fretwork Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1860. A good George III fretwork and gilded mirror. The stylish pierced top with a gilded Hoho bird with elegant fretwork to each side and fleur -de- lis in the center. The rectangular mirror...
£675.00
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George III Style Carved Gild Wood Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1830 a good George III style carved gilded mirror, the pierced and shaped top surmounted by a Ho Ho bird, supported on C scrolls and foliate carving with scrolling and C scrolls down the...
£2,250.00
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Pair of Victorian Toilet Mirrors
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1870. Pair of mahogany mid Victorian toilet mirrors. The shaped mirrors in moulded frames supported on two curved foliate and pierced uprights, the platform base with two oval hinged jewellery drawers, with a tapering...
£550.00
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Gilded Victorian Overmantel Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1870. A mid-Victorian caved and gilded overmantel mirror. The D shaped mirror with original mirror plate held in place with a stylish gilt slip, the frame with a large carved rope over the entire...
£1,750.00
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Convex Wall Mirror
blue boar antiques ltd, launceston, united kingdom
A fantastic convex wall mirror dating from the early 19th Century. It has a gilded frame with applied ball decoration, a carved eagle on the top and carved leaf decoration below the mirror. The quality...
£750.00
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Large Antique Gilt Mirror
blue boar antiques ltd, launceston, united kingdom
A beautifully large antique French pier mirror dating from the late 19th Century. The frame is carved wood and gesso with a stylish twisted rope design and oval corner pieces. It has its original mercury...
£1,500.00
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Sheraton mahogany cheval dressing mirror
john hubbard antiques, kidderminster, united kingdom
A Sheraton period mahogany inlaid cheval dressing mirror. Original plate in good condition with substantial brass swing adjusters, on an umbrella base with original brass and leather castors. Size: 61" (155cm) high x 26" (66cm)...
£895.00
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Victorian Mahogany Toilet Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1870. A quality mahogany mid-Victorian toiler mirror. The arched mirror contained in a moulded mahogany frame, supported on two elegant sinuous and curvaceous carved uprights in the form of a swans neck and head,...
£450.00
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Decorative George III Style Open Carved Giltwood Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1870. George III style open carved giltwood wall mirror. The rectangular plate with rounded tops within a shaped open carved giltwood frame with atheneum flower trails, acanthus and C scroll decorations surmounted by a...
£1,290.00
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Gilded and Ebonized Pier Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1880. A good George III style ebonized and gilded pier mirror. The large rectangular shaped mirror held in place by a stylish ebonized slip with four mirrors around it, in a gilded frame, with...
£1,750.00
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Art Deco Oak Framed Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1930s. A neat size stylish oak framed bevel edged mirror, the rectangular shaped mirror with oval top and bottom with fine egg and dart beaded frame, the original mirror with no foxing. Stock No...
£325.00
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Antique Victorian quality continental porcelain oval mirror
unique antiques by emma jade, ipswich, united kingdom
Antique Victorian quality continental porcelain oval mirror having a quality continental porcelain mirror with two cherubs to the top and pink ribbon to the bottom in wonderful hand painted blue, pink, yellow, green, orange, white...
£375.00
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Elegant French Brass & Wood Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1870. A stylish French Victorian brass beech and engraved mirror. The principle bevel edge mirror with fine brass beading and timber mouldings, the frieze with four long and narrow etched mirrors, (one damaged) with...
£1,650.00
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Inlaid Fretwork Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1890 A George III style carved gilded and inlaid fret work mirror. The pierced top with gilded Hoh0 bird and fine fretwork on all sides, the mirror with rounded corners at the top is...
£650.00
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Mahogany Fretwork Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1800 and later. George III mahogany fretwork mirror. The shaped top with lovely fretwork edges, and running down the sides, the base of the mirror similar work, but is slightly curved, the original mirror...
£575.00
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An outstanding quality large Victorian burr walnut toilet mirror.
john hubbard antiques, kidderminster, united kingdom
An outstanding large Victorian burr walnut toilet mirror. The arched mirror supported on cylindrical tapered columns topped with urn finials, with adjustable brass candle holders, upon a serpentine shaped base with a hinged shaped cover...
£595.00
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Faux Snake Skin Oval Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1930s. An interesting oval shaped bevel edge mirror contained in a metal frame which has been plamished and looks like faux snakes skin. The mirror with some scratches and foxing with the frame folded...
£300.00
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George III Style Fretwork Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1880. A good George III style gilded and fret work mirror, the shaped fret work top with a gilded pierced flower in the center, rectangular shaped original mirror with some foxing, held in place...
£675.00
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