Looking Glass

Date1750-1770

Terms

Looking Glasses
Pine
Walnut
England

Dimensions37.2 × 79.7 cm (14 5/8 × 31 3/8 in.)

MarkingsLabel on cresting: "This Mirror/ formerly hung in the house of/ Capt David Brown,/ near Concord North Bridge./ It was broken by a British/ officer, 19 April 1775--/ Given to this Society by Mrs. Chaffin,/ grand daughter of Capt. Brown." Incised on lower left frame: "DB"; inscribed on back: "6=0 s/d £23s".

Credit LineLooking glass, England, about 1770. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Mrs. Chaffin; M401.

Object numberM401

DescriptionWalnut on pine. Cut scrolled cresting, high in center. Molding is a cyma. Beveled glass, cyma molding, cross-banded veneering. No glass, one small fragment remains, detached from walnut frame.

Tolman Catalog, Tolman Number 353: "Mirror, broken by a British officer in the house of Capt. David Brown on the morning of April 19, 1775. Presented by his granddaughter, Mrs. Chaffin, of Acton."

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