An Early 20thC French Ebonised Convex Oval Wall Mirror

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An Early 20thC French Ebonised Convex Oval Wall MirrorOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900 30Height: 15. 75Width: 12. 75Depth: 1. 5The attractive oval shaped wall mirror having an ebonised moulded rippled frame to the original convex mirror plate, showing some attractive aged foxing, the whole surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century France. The mirror is in attractive, decorative aged condition. The original plate glass is intact and has attractive crackle

The weighty baroque style George III period lead garden ornament

and the utensils would have helped keep him physically healthy

Examples like this are quite commonly ebonised from this period as part of the wave of the aesthetic movement

and there is a metal bracket for wall mounting

Although awkward to date as a whole with real certainty

Depth: 20 inches

277 tuns were imported

Provenance: The Property of a Lady

This figure was in the collection of Ray Elgar

A variety of small occasional tables are now called guéridons in French

the frame being stained pine

The plank has some marks and scratches consistent with age and use