Note: The frame has been re-gilded and the mirror plates are 19th century replacements.
The design of this mirror is very unusual and eccentric, characteristic of many of Thomas Johnson’s designs. 
A virtually identical overmantel frame, with only minor differences, was retailed by Mallett & Son and is from the same workshop.

Literature: Thomas Johnson, A Collection of Designs, 1758, pls 90 & 92.
Geoffrey Wills, English Looking-glasses: A Study of the Glass, Frames and Makers (1670-1820), 1965, p. 117, fig. 132.

  • Provenance

    Private collection, England.

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