A Beautiful Regency Period Giltwood & Gesso Sectional Oval Wall Mirror c.1815 sub-Decorative Objects The amply proportioned walnut veneered

The amply proportioned walnut veneered wall mirror having the original heavy plate mercury bevelled glass

The house was dramatically changed when the second Duke of Sutherland commissioned the famous architect Sir Charles Barry

beautifully untouched

The second vessel would have held lozenges or troches of Bismuth (Subnitrate and a misturae or mixture) which is found mostly in metallic state as small veins in rocks

foxed and stained with fraying to the edges with numerous patches and repairs to these edges

A Beautiful Regency Period Giltwood & Gesso Sectional Oval Wall Mirror c.1815 sub-Decorative Objects The amply proportioned walnut veneeredOrigin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1815 Height: 34 inches Width: 26 inches The early nineteenth century oval wall mirror of generous proportions having a gesso and giltwood frame with the original mirror plate in ten segments, the central oval glass surrounded by a ribbon moulded border and a further eight sections surrounded by gadrooning, the whole with a good patination and colour, surviving from early Regency period