Collinge Antiques

Description

Early 19th.c. English Regency giltwood and gesso overmantle mirror c.1830. Original 44½" x 31½" mirror plate within a gilded wooden frame. Half columns with moulded gesso capitals with anthemion motifs, moulded gesso flower heads to the top corners. Original gilding worn to a lovely mellow colour. Reeded ebonsied slip around the mirror plate and an ebonised trim along the bottom edge of the frame. Original backboards with a lovely illustrated paper label for the London maker and gilder Benjamin Elliott of Clerkenwell. Some obvious tarnish to the mirror and minor retouching to the frame. Otherwise very good condition, cleaned and waxed in our workshops.
Width: 55" (139.5 cm)
Height: 39" (99 cm)
Depth: 4.5" (11.5 cm)
Please contact us for more images, delivery and shipping quotes. Alternatively you are welcome to view and collect at our large warehouse showroom in Llandudno Junction, North Wales (approximately 45mins from Chester). We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furniture of all types and have twice been shortlisted for the Home and Antiques Magazine Antique Shop of the Year Award. 01492 580022.