Antique mirrors including, but not limited to, dressing table mirrors, cheval mirrors, swing mirrors and gilt mirrors. A mirror is an object that reflects an image. Light that bounces off a mirror will show an image of whatever is in front of it, when focused through the lens of the eye or a camera. Mirrors reverse the direction of the image in an equal yet opposite angle from which the light shines upon it. This allows the viewer to see themselves or objects behind them, or even objects that are at an angle from them but out of their field of view, such as around a corner. Natural mirrors have existed since prehistoric times, such as the surface of water, but people have been manufacturing mirrors out of a variety of materials for thousands of years, like stone, metals, and glass. In modern mirrors, metals like silver or aluminum are often used due to their high reflectivity, applied as a thin coating on glass because of its naturally smooth and very hard surface.
bore park antiques, nuneaton, united kingdom
Large mid Georgian wall mirror, frame made from top quality English walnut, solid construction mirror original and nicely bevel edged has minor blemish that just add to mirror character height being 106cm width 67cm depth...
£1,250.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920, rare pair of Regency style gilded convex mirrors. The mirrors are surmounted by carved giltwood eagles and have bellflower garland gilded decorations to the top and sides of the mirror plates. There are...
£3,500.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1870, Regency style gilded convex mirror. The circular mirror plate is surmounted by a carved giltwood eagle and it has open foliate decoration to either side of it. The moulded frame has beaded, roundel...
£1,700.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900, Adams style carved giltwood and gesso oval mirror. With its deep bevelled edge contained in a gilded frame. The frame has beading, concave and flat sections, a stylish leaf pattern on the inner...
£650.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1800, George III mahogany dressing mirror. The rectangular mirror plate is in good condition within a crossbanded frame, on tapering supports with brass finials. The serpentine base is in figured mahogany with three frieze...
£475.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900, Gothic style oak dressing mirror. With a distressed finish, the arched top has quatrefoil decoration over fluted uprights. It stands on turned supports with axe head brass fittings over twin pedestal bases with...
£275.00
view detailsmartlesham antiques, martlesham, united kingdom
A very impressive large 19th Century mahogany and ormolu French empire dressing mirror with an Egyptian influence, the pyramid shaped top with an ormolu face flanked by ormolu urns, the large swing mirror having ormolu...
£2,950.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1840 and later, red Chinoiserie mirror. The rounded top features a pattern of curves repeating around the sides, and is decorated with foliate, gilded Chinoiserie work. The removable pediment (added later) features a gilded...
£475.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1830, neat sized William IV mahogany cheval mirror. The mirror plate is in excellent condition, and sits in a moulded frame which is supported by turned corbels on each side. There are turned cross-stretchers,...
£775.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1840, Scottish mahogany mirror. The mahogany framed mirror with the plate in excellent condition, is supported by double splayed uprights. It is surmounted by rounded, adjustable ormolu candelabra, all on a shaped base with...
£475.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1930, rare design of a lancet shaped, figured walnut dressing mirror by Whytock and Reid. With inset birdseye maple panels to top, the shaped bevel-edge mirror has rectangular supports with scrolled tops, above a...
£590.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900, unusual, inlaid mahogany Sheraton-style dressing mirror on stand. The heart-shaped dressing mirror with boxwood inlay sits on an adjustable brass column over a circular, dish top tray with fluted rim. It is all...
£750.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1830, giltwood and gilded gesso girandole mirror. The oval mirror plate is in excellent condition, and is surrounded by a moulded frame with neoclassical decorations and a row of beaded decorations. It is surmounted...
£1,650.00
view detailsanticonline, milano, italy
Elegant mid 18th Century Baroque carved and gilded wooden mirror frame. Carved and openwork carved frame with branches and leaves. Richly carved side volutes and crest, with rocaille and floral motifs. Manufactured in Napoli, Italy.
£5,820.72
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1810, carved giltwood convex mirror. The circular convex mirror plate is in excellent condition and surrounded by a fluted, ebonised slip within fluted and spiralling giltwood moulded mirror frame. Surmounted by a finely carved...
£1,350.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1930, Whytock and Reid dressing mirror. With a shaped, arched top above a shaped rectangular mirror with a raised moulded frame. It is supported by fluted uprights with Art Deco influenced finials, each sitting...
£690.00
view detailsstatement antiques, tarporley, united kingdom
This handsome French mirror circa 1880 is in the style of the original Louis Philippe archtop, and has a deeply outcurving frame with a ropetwist sight edge. The outer edge is plain but with floral...
£950.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1880, George II style parcel gilt and mahogany mirror. With architectural pediment surmounted by a raised, gilded centrepiece and a mahogany urn, and parcel gilding to the frame. The mirror consists of 3 panes...
£2,250.00
view detailssquonk antiques & salvage, manningtree, united kingdom
Beautifully restored painted Victorian mahogany over-mantle mirror with half column supports to sides and top & with it's original glass. 85cm wide x 49cm high x 5cm deep.
£800.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1840, French mahogany cheval mirror. With an architectural pediment and ormolu mount depicting 2 cherubs, a lyre and foliate casting. The moulding beneath this follows the top and there are 2 uprights with castings,...
£1,750.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1820, unusual low Biedermeier cheval mirror. The mirror with its architectural pediment top, with a pressed ormolu centre rosette. This has foliate casting of acorns and leaves left and right. The mirror has a...
£1,200.00
view detailsbore park antiques, nuneaton, united kingdom
Inlaid burr walnut surround with ormolu mounts, mirror being the original it is no longer perfect, has some blemishes though consider can be lived with, the pictures don't do this any justice, needs seeing in...
£2,000.00
view detailsbrownrigg @ home ltd, tetbury, united kingdom
A pair of circa 1900 painted English Round Mirrors, with bevelled plates. Contacy us: ROWNRIGG @ HOME LTD 44 Long Street Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8AQ ENGLAND Phone no: 01666 500 887 Mobile : 07751 542...
£1,995.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900, George III style mahogany swivel mirror. Over the top there is a curved section which finishes with a stylish finial. There are 2 axe head drops holding the mirror in position and the...
£375.00
view detailsgeorgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1810, a Regency mahogany table top toilet mirror. The bevelled edge mirror is contained in a shaped mahogany frame. The bevelling on the top has a slight canting on it that follows the form...
£400.00
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