A REGENCY GILT AND EBONISED WOOD STARBURST CONVEX MIRROR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

A REGENCY GILT AND EBONISED WOOD STARBURST CONVEX MIRROR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

height 32 ½ in.; width 33 ½ in.
82.6 cm; 85.1 cm

A pair of virtually identical starburst mirrors were formerly with Mallett, London, illustrated in their 1992 handbook, p.38-39

Condition Report:
Scattered cracks, flaking, chips, and losses to gilt and ebonized decoration throughout. With surface dirt, one star point element loose, and a small hole to the ebonized section visible in catalogue photo. Repairs to sections of the icicle border.

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