Lot 44
44
Various Properties
A REGENCY COMPOSITION EBONISED AND GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR, with tripartite rectangular bevelled plates within reeded ebony borders surmounted by an inverted breakfront cavetto moulded cornice punctuated with acorns and supported by Egyptian herm scrolled panelled pilaster strips, above a moulded panelled base, one plate associated, restorations

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A REGENCY COMPOSITION EBONISED AND GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR, with tripartite rectangular bevelled plates within reeded ebony borders surmounted by an inverted breakfront cavetto moulded cornice punctuated with acorns and supported by Egyptian herm scrolled panelled pilaster strips, above a moulded panelled base, one plate associated, restorations
73in. (185.5cm.) wide; 22½in. (57cm.) high; 6in. (15cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This mirror with its reeded 'Etruscan' ebony border and its acorn-enriched cornice corresponds with the contemporary circular convex-glass mirrors. A related mirror is illustrated C. Musgrave, Regency Furniture, London, 1961, fig. 95a.

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