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DateLate 1700s
Terms
- Looking Glasses
- Glass
- Gilt
- Pine
- Northern Europe
Dimensions76.14 × 33 cm (30 × 13 in.)
Object numberF0802
DescriptionPine, glass. Single piece of mirrored glass set in molded frame with veneer mitred at corners. Applied gilt molding inside frame forms rabbet for glass. Crest at top with frame of pine carved with C scrolls and shell-like pattern, with applied flowers at top and bottom, gilt. Set in crest frame is piece of glass with engraved design of an urn on a platform with leaves flowing out of it. Engraving on back of glass. Back of glass painted: white with some leaves gold, others gray (originally mirrored?). Small skirt at bottom of carved and gilt pine, two C scrolls and shell. Frame is pine.
