A 19thC Italian Gilt Gesso Girandole Mirror c.1870

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A 19thC Italian Gilt Gesso Girandole Mirror c.1870Origin: ItalianPeriod: Rococo RevivalProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1870Height: 28Width: 17Depth: 6 (all at extremities)The wonderfully decorative gilt gesso girandole mirror of serpentine outline adorned with two branch acanthus candelabra terminating to a floral pediment top and further swag decoration throughout to a lower bunch of grapes, the mirror retaining its original mirror plate, with a very well established patination and texture, surviving

and surviving from the late Georgian period

the printed flag in soft thin cotton

began in 1884

Both the vessel and stopper are etch marked with the number ‘9’ confirming that they belong to each other for the outset

this serpentine became popular with this country's aristocracy as well as architects and builders of the time

with four being portrait and five set in landscape

as well as a rather racy dame with her leg on the table

The white sign written numbers are later

There is a listed artist by the name of Johannes Leonhard (German

extra terrestrials

The European school portrait in oils on canvas depicting a middle to elderly aged bearded Gentleman

Canvas Height: 4