A SMALL PAIR OF LATE 17TH CENTURY VENETIAN GLASS MIRRORS
THESE HIGHLY INTRICATE VENETIAN GLASS MIRRORS, ARE UNUSUAL IN THEIR CLEAN, SQUARE SHAPE, WITH FINE, STRAIGHT-CUT BARLEY SUGAR TWIST GLASS CANES, INTERSPERSED WITH MARGINAL MIRROR SLIPS. SIMPLE BRASS REPOUSSÉ MOUNTS AND SPARSE ORMOLU DECORATION, PUNCTUATE THE LINEAR GLASS FORM. THE CENTRAL MERCURY GLASS PLATES ARE HEAVILY FOXED - PERFECTLY LIT BY CANDLELIGHT, AND FRAMED BY GILT GUILLOCHE MOULDINGS. THE CORNERS ARE LIGHTLY PINNED WITH FOLIATE CARVED APPLIED BRASSWORK. THESE ARE A REMARKABLE SURVIVOR, WITH SOME LATER CANE REPLACEMENTS BUT ALL IN KEEPING WITH THE ORIGINAL SPIRIT OF AGE - THE BACKS IN COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED CONDITION. HUNG BY SMALL TWISTED IRON RINGS, ORIGINAL TO THE FRAMES.
H 39CM, 15 1/4” X W 33CM, 13” (EACH)
A SMALL PAIR OF LATE 17TH CENTURY VENETIAN GLASS MIRRORS
THESE HIGHLY INTRICATE VENETIAN GLASS MIRRORS, ARE UNUSUAL IN THEIR CLEAN, SQUARE SHAPE, WITH FINE, STRAIGHT-CUT BARLEY SUGAR TWIST GLASS CANES, INTERSPERSED WITH MARGINAL MIRROR SLIPS. SIMPLE BRASS REPOUSSÉ MOUNTS AND SPARSE ORMOLU DECORATION, PUNCTUATE THE LINEAR GLASS FORM. THE CENTRAL MERCURY GLASS PLATES ARE HEAVILY FOXED - PERFECTLY LIT BY CANDLELIGHT, AND FRAMED BY GILT GUILLOCHE MOULDINGS. THE CORNERS ARE LIGHTLY PINNED WITH FOLIATE CARVED APPLIED BRASSWORK. THESE ARE A REMARKABLE SURVIVOR, WITH SOME LATER CANE REPLACEMENTS BUT ALL IN KEEPING WITH THE ORIGINAL SPIRIT OF AGE - THE BACKS IN COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED CONDITION. HUNG BY SMALL TWISTED IRON RINGS, ORIGINAL TO THE FRAMES.
H 39CM, 15 1/4” X W 33CM, 13” (EACH)
