Each mirror of the matching pair is 35β x 20β. Elgomise panels of glass . Frame is wood, I believe, and where it is chipped it seems like plaster or maybe lead paint. Everything is original as far as I know . One of the mirrors is missing the decorative feet on one side. No marking of any kind that I can see. Thought it might have been 19th c regency but maybe 20th c in regency style.
It was inherited from my Great Aunt in 1990 who had them hanging in the living room.
Hi Tom,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry. Your photos are excellent, particularly the one that shows the back - it enables me to confirm that these are "second period" but definitely old - I would say late 19th or early 20th Century.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
A Pair of Regency Style Carved and Part Ebonized Giltwood Eglomise Pier Mirrors
Unattributed maker (probably English), late 19th or early 20th Century
Each with an outstepped molded edged cornice over an eglomise panel with a landscape scene, flanked by carved ebonized paterae over Egyptian masks, the sides with ribbed detailing, the base with applied ebonized feet (lacking on one side of one mirror).
PROVENANCE: inherited
CONDITION: both appear to be in good shape, with minor losses to applied decoration and to gilding where the composition or sizing is visible underneath but commensurate with age and use.
$1,200-1800 for the pair* (these would be worth $400-600 if they were just singles, being a pair brings a premium)
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
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