A GEORGE I SILVERED GESSO MIRROR, English, circa 1720
Height: 50½ in; 128.5cm
Width: 31½ in; 80 cm
Width: 31½ in; 80 cm
4472241
£100,000 +
Note: The mirror retains much of the original silvering. The original bevelled and shaped mirror plate has been re-silvered. This mirror with its original silvered finish is a rare survivor....
Note: The mirror retains much of the original silvering. The original bevelled and shaped mirror plate has been re-silvered.
This mirror with its original silvered finish is a rare survivor. Although similar to painted mirrors, only a small number of silvered mirrors were produced in England during the 18th century. Most of those that have survived have at some stage lost their silvered gesso and then been gilded.
