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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Victorian Giltwood Oval Overmantel Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1860, large Victorian giltwood oval overmantel mirror or side mirror. Surmounted by an open cartouche with acanthus leaf and flowerhead decoration and enclosing the original oval mirror plate, which has areas of foxing. The...
£1,650.00
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A Decorative Carved Oak Oval Mirror, Louise seize Style, circa 1900
koos limburg jnr, glen prosen, united kingdom
A Decorative Carved Oak Oval Mirror, Louise seize Style, circa 1900 The mirror is crisply carved out of one piece of oak with the typical Louise seize ribbon and knot. With bevelled glass mirror. In...
£225.00
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Mahogany Toilet Mirror by Whytock and Reid
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920, mahogany framed toilet mirror by Whytock & Reid of Edinburgh. With Queen Anne style shaped frame, moulded facing and held in place by stepped uprights and cast brass axe head drops. The base...
£475.00
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Georgian wall mirror
bore park antiques, nuneaton, united kingdom
Superb all original mirror condition good no perfect but over 200 years old at least, frame is walnut nicely decorated, height 93cm length across 53cm, offering free worldwide delivery reference BBB
£975.00
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French Oak Pier Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920, unusual French oak pier mirror. With chamfered moulded top sections and beneath is a gilded and brass plaque in the form of a ide cartouche with foliate motifs. With bevelled edge and shaped...
£325.00
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Georgian Chippendale Style Mahogany and Giltwood Wall Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1800, Georgian Chippendale style mahogany and giltwood wall mirror. With a classical Chippendale shaped pediment with engraved and gilded foliate decorations surmounted by applied giltwood rococo scrolls and feathers. The original rectangular bevelled mirror...
£2,500.00
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Swedish Mahogany and Gilded Wood Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1860, Swedish mahogany, carved wood and gilded mirror. With top consisting of a casting of flowers in an urn, rococo style figures and in wood, gesso and gilding. The rectangular, original mirror plate is...
£2,250.00
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Two Very Decorative And Interesting Mirrors, Oriental, circa 1960
koos limburg jnr, glen prosen, united kingdom
Two Very Decorative And Interesting Mirrors, Oriental, circa 1960 The two mirrors have the same design but they are completely different carved. Each carved out of one piece of hardwood, finely painted and with traces...
£475.00
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William IV Scottish Ash Dressing Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1835, William IV Scottish Ash dressing mirror. The rectangular frame is held in place by 2 scrolling uprights with ebonized knob handles and beneath this is a large base with a canted corner and...
£425.00
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Stunning Matching Pair of Large Antique Vintage Gold Gilt Bevel Edge Mirrors
the attic saleroom, figheldean, united kingdom
Welcome to the Attic Saleroom Stunning Matching Pair of Large Antique Vintage Gold Gilt Bevel Edge Wall Mirrors D:90mm H:1000mm W:900mm A truly stunning matching pair of large 20th century gold gilt mirrors with bevel...
£350.00
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Huge Antique Edwardian Gold Gilt Rococo Rectangular Wall Mirror 1300mm x 930mm
the attic saleroom, figheldean, united kingdom
Welcome to the Attic Saleroom Huge Antique Edwardian Gold Gilt Rococo Rectangular Wall Mirror 1300mm x 930mm Very Good Condition - Please study the pictures carefully, some minor losses to the plaster in various small...
£280.00
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Regency Giltwood Pier Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1815, neat size original Regency giltwood pier mirror. The moulded pediment has gilded lion-head masks above Corinthian pillars flanking the two mirrors with their original plates. Stock No. 198
£550.00
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Dutch Marquetry Toilet Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1820, large Dutch marquetry toilet mirror. In mahogany and inlaid with classic Dutch marquetry, it has an architectural pediment on 2 uprights and a large rectangular mirror. The base has marquetry in floral and...
£1,850.00
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copper Mirror Old Egypt
samexpress, cairo, egypt
Mirror made of pure copper with golen colour old egypt style of Art from 1801 - 1902 hand made
£950.00
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copper Mirror Old Egypt Hand Made
samexpress, cairo, egypt
copper Mirror hand made from Old Egyptian style the style of the mirror is for the era of 1801 to 1902 art. avaialbe other sizes and designs.
£950.00
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George II Style Carved Walnut and Gilded Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1880, George II style, carved walnut and gilt frame mirror. The original, bevelled edge mirror (with some foxing) has a classical shaped broken pediment above with carved gilded cartouche in the centre, and a...
£2,750.00
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Georgian Style Mahogany Cheval Mirror
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1920, Georgian style mahogany cheval mirror. The moulded rectangular frame (with very fine foxing to the mirror plate) is on reeded tapering supports with brass pineapple finials. Beneath is a shaped stretcher and it...
£625.00
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Pair of Victorian Carved Giltwood Mirrors
georgian antiques, edinburgh, united kingdom
Circa 1880, pair of carved and giltwood wall mirrors. With original glass (with blemishes and speckled) and an oval frame with well carved, open fretwork foliate carving. The gilding has faded in areas, revealing the...
£650.00
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Georgian Walnut Mirror
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
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George III Mahogany Dressing Mirror
georgian 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
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Gothic Style Oak Dressing Mirror
georgian 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
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A large 19th Century French Empire dressing mirror
martlesham 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
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William IV Mahogany Cheval Mirror
georgian 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
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Victorian Scottish Mahogany Mirror with Candelabra
georgian 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
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Rare Whytock and Reid Walnut Shaped Dressing Mirror
georgian 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
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