Lot Essay
Microanalysis of the wood from the frame and eagle show it is white pine, Pinus Storbus.
Details
A CLASSICAL CARVED AND GILTWOOD LOOKING GLASS
AMERICAN, 1815-1825
The circular frame hung with ferrule enclosing a conforming convex mirror surmounted by spreadwinged eagle perched on a rocky plinth flanked by carved leaves over an acanthus-carved pendant flanked by double scrolled candlearms
48in. high, 32in. wide
AMERICAN, 1815-1825
The circular frame hung with ferrule enclosing a conforming convex mirror surmounted by spreadwinged eagle perched on a rocky plinth flanked by carved leaves over an acanthus-carved pendant flanked by double scrolled candlearms
48in. high, 32in. wide
Provenance
Ginsburg & Levy, Inc, 1962