A fine early 18th century gilt gesso rectangular mirror, the replaced shaped and bevelled plate contained within a carved and gilt gesso frame, the shaped and scrolled cresting centred by a plumed female mask, the shaped apron centred by a shell with later glass candle arms.

Literature: Geoffrey Wills, English Looking Glasses, London, 1965, p.81, ill.42.
Graham Child, World Mirrors 1590-1900, London, 1990, p.29, ill.57.
Herbert F. Schiffer, The Mirror Book, Exton, Pennsylvania, 1983, p.67, ill.134; a very similar model.


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