Carved and gilded trumeau mirror c. 1740 rare Glass mirror plate is old

Glass mirror plate is old but likely not original

terminating on inward scrolls

supported by c and s-scrolls flanking a central plate

The style of the mirror reflects the emergence from the mannerist tradition of carving into a continental baroque style that became popular across England in the early and middle years of the Restoration of the monarchy post 1660

cartouche shaped back with shepherd's crook arms

Carved and gilded trumeau mirror c. 1740 rare Glass mirror plate is oldTrumeau mirror looking glass overmantel carved in a restrained rococo manner, the bottom edge of which is identical to a trumeau from Clyne Castle in South Wales shown by Biggs of Maidenhead at the Grosvenor House Fair in 1962. That trumeau was sold in 1952 through Astley Samuel, Leeder and Son, where Biggs is thought to have purchased it. The owner of Clyne, Algernon Walker Heage Vivian is thought to have acquired the Biggs trumeau from his