A SMALL SCALE LATE 17TH CENTURY VENETIAN GLASS MIRROR
THIS HIGHLY INTRICATE VENETIAN GLASS MIRROR, IS UNUSUAL IN ITS CLEAN, SQUARE SHAPE, WITH FINE, STRAIGHT-CUT BARLEY SUGAR TWIST GLASS CANES, INTERSPERSED WITH MARGINAL MIRROR SLIPS. THE CENTRAL MERCURY GLASS PLATE IS HEAVILY FOXED - PERFECTLY LIT BY CANDLELIGHT, AND THE CORNERS ARE LIGHTLY DECORATED WITH SWIRLING GLASS THREADS. THIS MIRROR IS A REMARKABLE SURVIVOR, WITH SOME LATER CANE REPLACEMENTS BUT ALL IN KEEPING WITH THE ORIGINAL SPIRIT OF AGE - THE BACK IN UNTOUCHED CONDITION. HUNG BY A SMALL METAL RING WITH A WINGED CHERUB CRESTING, ORIGINAL TO THE FRAME.
H 29.5CM, 11 3/4” X W 24CM, 9 1/2”
A SMALL SCALE LATE 17TH CENTURY VENETIAN GLASS MIRROR
THIS HIGHLY INTRICATE VENETIAN GLASS MIRROR, IS UNUSUAL IN ITS CLEAN, SQUARE SHAPE, WITH FINE, STRAIGHT-CUT BARLEY SUGAR TWIST GLASS CANES, INTERSPERSED WITH MARGINAL MIRROR SLIPS. THE CENTRAL MERCURY GLASS PLATE IS HEAVILY FOXED - PERFECTLY LIT BY CANDLELIGHT, AND THE CORNERS ARE LIGHTLY DECORATED WITH SWIRLING GLASS THREADS. THIS MIRROR IS A REMARKABLE SURVIVOR, WITH SOME LATER CANE REPLACEMENTS BUT ALL IN KEEPING WITH THE ORIGINAL SPIRIT OF AGE - THE BACK IN UNTOUCHED CONDITION. HUNG BY A SMALL METAL RING WITH A WINGED CHERUB CRESTING, ORIGINAL TO THE FRAME.
H 29.5CM, 11 3/4” X W 24CM, 9 1/2”
