The giltwood mirror containing a mirror plate within a moulded and beaded frame without-set corners. The large, pierced cresting elaborately carved with an oval medaillon showing a pair of kissing turtle doves together with a Cupid’s arrow, symbolizing love which indiquates that the mirror was intended to be donated as a wedding gift. The medaillon is surrounded by acanthus scrolls and a laurel wreath floating down along the sides of the mirror frame. The frame stands on two small tapering feet topped by paterae which allow the mirror to be put on a commode or chimney piece without necessarily fixing it to the wall.
The water gilding in excellent original condition with a wonderfully aged patina.
Compare: Child, Graham: World Mirrors 1650-1900, London, 1990, p. 201, fig. 385, 387
Condition: very good, min. wear consistent wit age and use, min. fading, the mirror pane with corroded areas – detailed condition report on request
