A Fine Regency Period Gilt Gesso & Ebonised Egyptian Revival Overmantle Mirror c.1810 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles There is some small amount

There is some small amount of old wood worm to the interior which we have treated as a precaution

appealing to the collector or to those who seek an original decorative fix

“Sweep and the Whitewasher”

The gilt painted plaster mask in the form of a roaring lion with deep rouge painted mouth agape and pierced holes for mounting survives from the late nineteenth century

A Fine Regency Period Gilt Gesso & Ebonised Egyptian Revival Overmantle Mirror c.1810 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles There is some small amountOrigin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1805 15 Height: 23. 25 inches Width: 53 inches Depth: 6. 5 inches (at maximum) The Regency period gilt gesso and ebonised overmantel mirror with the heavy silvered glass divided into three fielded plates by ebonised reeded slip under a shaped pediment adorned with corvetto balls, the flanks with fluted pilasters under Egyptian Sphinx busts and feet. The condition of the mirror is evocative