Federal Gilt Mirror

Description:

Federal Gilt Mirror, New England, early 19th century, the molded cornice with spherules over a reverse-painted tablet with an urn over a panoply of arms as memorial to George Washington, ht. 30, wd. 17 1/2 in.

Provenance: Clark Pierce, Essex, Massachusetts, August 2009.
Furniture from a Salem, Massachusetts, Collection
Estimate $1,000-1,500

The tablet is original and the glass is wavy and distorted. There maybe some repaint to the background. Also some possible gilt touch up.


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