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antique mirrors: mirrors & looking glasses
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.
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Italian Baroque Style Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1860. An Italian Baroque style gilded wall mirror. The rectangular shaped frame retaining its original plate is framed in an extravagant gilded foliate carved frame. The top surmounted with carved, pierced, and gilded leaves...
£3,250.00
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Antique Brass Framed Wall Mirror
town house traders ltd, south kirby, united kingdom
Offered for sale is this very decorative antique brass framed mirror. Nice compact size. Ornate shaped top with brass decoration applied over a mirrored surface. Central mirror with bevelled edge with mirrored panels around it...
£180.00
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Unusual Regency Style Giltwood Convex Mirror with Glass Ball Decorations
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1880. Unusual Regency style giltwood convex mirror with glass ball decorations. Surmounted by a finely carved giltwood eagle, the circular mirror with its original convex mirror plate in perfect condition surrounded by a fluted...
£590.00
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Regency Style Convex Carved Giltwood Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1860. Regency style convex carved giltwood wall mirror. Surmounted by a finely carved giltwood eagle, the circular convex mirror plate in very good condition and surrounded by an ebonized slip within a convex giltwood...
£875.00
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Decorative 19th Century Regency Style Circular Convex Mirror with Chinoiserie Decoration
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1870. Decorative 19th Century Regency style circular convex mirror with chinoiserie decoration. The original convex mirror plate in excellent condition surrounded by a neat gilded slip. The frame decorated in Chinoiserie decoration on a...
£390.00
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Regency Style Giltwood Circular Convex Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920s. Regency style giltwood circular convex mirror. The convex mirror plate in excellent condition surrounded by a fluted ebonized slip within the convex frame with gilt ball decorations. The outer frame with fluting and...
£390.00
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Pair of Victorian Painted & Etched Oak Framed Mirrors
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1880. An unusual and interesting pair of late Victorian carved oak framed etched and painted mirrors. The rectangular bevel edge mirrors painted with an urn of red roses on the bottom with bullseye etching...
£650.00
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Late Victorian Giltwood Regency-Style Convex Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1880. Late Victorian giltwood Regency-style convex mirror. The original mirror plate with some foxing on one side within a fluted ebonized slip surrounded by a deep cavetto moulded frame with carved gilded balls surmounted...
£875.00
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Unusual Swedish Carved Gesso & Giltwood Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1890, an unusual Swedish carved gesso and giltwood mirror. At the top there is a large foliate carving with a goat entwined in oak vines. There is a mixture of water leaf and gold...
£2,750.00
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George I Style Red Japanned Pier Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1870. A good George I style mirror. The arch depicting chinoiserie figures in a landscape above a rectangular plate mirror, with a shaped crest decorated with birds and insects in a landscape, enclosed in...
£1,650.00
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Quality Jacobean Revival Barley-Twist Oak Cottage-Style Dressing Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900. Quality Jacobean revival barley-twist oak cottage-style dressing mirror. The rectangular mirror plate in perfect condition within a simple oak frame and supported on barley twist supports with turned finials, above a barley twist...
£325.00
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Beveled-edged Edge Oak Framed Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900. A beveled edged mirror contained in a quality inlaid rectangular oak frame, the mirror can be hung landscape or portrait. Stock No 32018
£300.00
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Good And Large Arts And Crafts Mirror
frank craig antiques, torquay, united kingdom
Good and large arts and crafts mirror, in completely original condition. Untouched for many years and only requires a good clean. This unique item is as it was made with no additions or losses Should...
£450.00
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Most Decorative Empire Mirror Circa 1890
frank craig antiques, torquay, united kingdom
Most decorative Empire mirror circa 1890 The pediment with fruiting leaf decoration enclosing twin birds over further decoration, flanked by pillars terminating on gilt lions paw feet. This mirror with a very unusual design would...
£950.00
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Pair of Georgian-Style Hand Carved Decorative Giltwood Mirrors
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1970. Pair of Georgian-style hand carved giltwood mirrors. Surmounted by a carved bow on a floral decorated column, the oval beveled glass mirrors within a moulded frame with neo-classical decorations with foliate swags around...
£1,175.00
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Carved and Gilded Oval Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1820. A large stylish carved giltwood oval wall mirror, in the Baroque style, surmounted with gilded acorn leaves, at each side there are four carved flower heads with further foliate carving continuing from top...
£3,250.00
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‘Whytock and Reid of Edinburgh’ Tryptic Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900. An interesting tryptic mirror by ‘Whytock and Reid of Edinburgh’. The mahogany framed mirrors with fine beading, original bevel edge plates, with foxing on the central mirror, which is hinged, the mirrors are...
£525.00
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Victorian Overmantel Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1870. A mid Victorian carved and gilded overmantel mirror, the rectangular shaped mirror with slightly arced center, surmounted with a large pierced anthemion, with foliate scrolling on both sides, this carving continues down from...
£1,750.00
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Antique Dutch marquetry inlaid dressing mirror
unique antiques by emma jade, ipswich, united kingdom
Antique quality mahogany Dutch marquetry inlaid dressing table mirror, quality antique Dutch marquetry inlaid tilting mirror above a marquetry inlaid base with one drawer opening to reveal a drawer with three compartments raised on original...
£495.00
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Late George III Gilded Over-Mantle Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1800. A late George III gilded and carved overmantel mirror. The original rectangular bevel edged mirror, contained in a carved and gilded frame with a stylish beading forming the slip, a plain section which...
£2,250.00
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Antique George III quality mahogany dressing mirror
unique antiques by emma jade, ipswich, united kingdom
Antique George III quality mahogany dressing mirror having a quality rectangular shaped tilting mirror supported by turned mahogany columns above a mahogany base with three drawers, original brass knobs standing on original turned feet D....
£395.00
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Antique quality mahogany Dutch marquetry inlaid dressing table mirror
unique antiques by emma jade, ipswich, united kingdom
Antique quality mahogany Dutch marquetry inlaid dressing table mirror, quality antique Dutch marquetry inlaid tilting mirror above a marquetry inlaid base with one drawer working lock and key raised on original turned feet D. 1800
£545.00
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Regency Gilded Overmantel Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1815. An unusual stylish gilded Regency overmantel mirror. The elegant moulded top, with 2 niches at each end with a carved and gilded Lady Goddess. The center frieze, must be to do with the...
£2,250.00
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Profusely Carved and Gilded Florentine Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1900. An extravagant carved gilded rococo Florentine mirror. The oval mirror contained in a simple gilded frame surrounded on all sides by profusely carved and gilded wood of high rococo style, quality and craftsmanship,...
£800.00
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Small Arts & Crafts Copper Wall Mirror
mcbains antiques, exeter, united kingdom
Small Antique Arts & Crafts demi lune hanging wall mirror.
£125.00
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