A Victorian Giltwood & Gesso Oval Wall Mirror c.1860-70

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A Victorian Giltwood & Gesso Oval Wall Mirror c.1860-70Origin: EnglishPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1860 70Height: 36Width: 20Depth: 1 (all at extremities)The high Victorian gilt gesso oval wall mirror in distressed overall condition, of good size at three feet, the later bevelled thick glass mirror plate in good order, the outer frame with gadrooned border to a central floral cartouche and floral sprays to a tied ribbon, the whole surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth century

Over the years

A mottled purple gloss'd with green

Much better than a boring landscape

This bust would have worked wonderfully well with this type of interior

The king surrounded himself with male servants whom he could not dismiss because of his 'abominable motive' for hiring them in the first place

expanding town in the early 19th century

Ismay was known to have left the property on the morning of April 10th 1912 to board his ship

hence its nickname

including Peter Pan and Wendy

this portrait of Milton first appears in plaster at the Wren Library

or elder” or even perhaps ‘archaic’ (how appropriate) in English

It has much originality with the mirror plate is all original to two panels with some natural foxing to the surfaces