VENICE, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN POLYCHROME GLASS MIRRORS
VENICE, MID-18TH CENTURY
WITH A SERPENTINE GLASS FRAME WITH WITH PARCEL-GILT EGG-AND-DART INSET, DISTINGUISHED BY RED AND WHITE FLOWERS, A FEMALE MASK CRESTING WITH SHALL BACK ISSUING FLUTED SCROLLS, FOLIATE APRON ISSUING TWO CANDLE BRANCHES, INSCRIBED IN BLACK IN '6'
45½ IN. (116 CN.) HIGH, 20 IN. (51 CM.) WIDE (2)

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A VERY SIMILAR MIRROR WITH A WONDERFULLY ELABORATE CRESTING COMPOSED OF A FEMALE MASK WEARING A SCROLLING HEADDRESS, AND INTRICATELY CONCEIVED SEPARATELY BLOWN SHAPES COMPOSING THE DELICATELY CURVING CANDLE BRANCHES IS ILLUSTRATED IN G. MARIACHER, SPECCHIERE ITALIANE, MILAN, 1963, FIG. 51.

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