Antique Mirrors: Antique Wall & Overmantel Mirrors
A wide and varied selection of Antique Wall Mirrors, Fireplace Overmantel Mirrors and Period Giltwood and carved Mirrors.
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Stock: 15582
A grand French Louis XVI gilded overmantel mirror with a cartouche forming the crest, from which emanate sprigs of loosely ribboned laurel. The rest of the frame is decorated with a tightly bound laurel design, very much in the French tradition. The gilding has been deliberately distressed to partially reveal the warm red ground.
French, c.1880.
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49 3⁄16"
125 cms |
66 7⁄8"
170 cms |
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Stock: 15546
A Victorian giltwood overmantel mirror, with rounded corners and a carved surmount of Rococo form above the simple egg and dart frame. English, c.1880.
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42 1⁄8"
107 cms |
65"
165 cms |
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Stock: 15487
A French gilt gesso wall mirror in the Louis XVI style, the crest centred by an oval cartouche which is bordered by a ribbon tied floral cascade and framed by two urn finials brimming with flowers. The gilt frame also features garlanded trophies and to the bottom, a lyre, a violin and sheet music. Original beveled mirror plates.
French, c1850.
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36 3⁄8"
92.5 cms |
54 1⁄4"
138 cms |
5 1⁄8"
13 cms |
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Stock: 15519
A very fine English 19th century giltwood mirror in the Florentine manner, with a beautifully carved frame of scrolling acanthus leaves. Original mercury glass.
English, c.1850.
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31 7⁄8"
81 cms |
42 7⁄8"
109 cms |
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Stock: 15507
An ornate Renaissance Revival French Mirror with an imposing upper crest featuring a male mask, whilst the lower cartouche features the fearsome mask of a lion. The rest of the gilt and gesso frame is similarly opulent. The central bevelled mirror is also bordered by four champagne hued pieces of handmade mirrored glass.
French, c. 1930.
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38"
96.5 cms |
48"
122 cms |
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Stock: 14770
A large Victorian gilt wood overmantel mirror with a high cartouche crest flanked by foliate detail and with carved rope work and paterae around the frame.
English, late 19th century.
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70 1⁄4"
178.5 cms |
67 11⁄16"
172 cms |
7 7⁄8"
20 cms |
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Stock: 15385
An attractive, arched Rococo style, giltwood wall mirror possibly an overmantel. The frame is surmounted by an ornate shell cartouche upon a bed of flowers and trailing acanthus leaves.
English, 19th century.
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30 1⁄2"
77.5 cms |
47 5⁄8"
121 cms |
7 1⁄8"
18 cms |
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Stock: 15352
A Regency parcel-gilt wall mirror. The shaped top of the frame rests above a reeded frieze, the mirror is framed by tall fluted columns topped by acanthus clad capitals and terminating in neat, cloven goats hooves. English, circa 1820.
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26 13⁄16"
68 cms |
43 1⁄2"
110.5 cms |
3 7⁄8"
10 cms |
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Stock: 15386
A very pretty gilded oval wall mirror within a beaded and foliate carved frame.in the Rococo style. Florentine, late 19th century.
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27"
68.5 cms |
33 1⁄2"
85 cms |
1 3⁄8"
3.5 cms |
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Stock: 15357
A George III, profusely carved giltwood wall mirror in the Rococo style. The broken swan neck pediment is centred by a carved foliate crest. The scrolling, latticed frame is embellished with ornately carved flowers, fruit and acanthus leaves. English, circa 1780.
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25 5⁄8"
65 cms |
41 11⁄16"
106 cms |
2"
5 cms |
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Stock: 11342
A Georgian style gilded and carved mahogany overmantel mirror, with it's original plate and with carved lambs tongue motif around the frame. One of a pair with SNo 11341.
English, mid 19th century.
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54 7⁄8"
139.5 cms |
45 11⁄16"
116 cms |
3 7⁄8"
10 cms |
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Stock: 14788
A Victorian Art Nouveau walnut wall mirror. The carved foliate outer frame and tongue and dart inner frame enclosing the boxwood, burr wood and green & brown harewood classical marquetry. English, circa 1890.
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57 7⁄8"
147 cms |
43 7⁄8"
111.5 cms |
2 3⁄8"
6 cms |
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Stock: 14970
A finely carved early George III giltwood wall mirror in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, surmounted by a large Ho-Ho bird perched with wings outspread. The mirror with its original mercury glass also is framed by gilt acanthus scrolls, rosettes and foliate detail. The mirror has a lovely rubbed and burnished surface. English, circa.1765.
The Ho Ho bird myth originated in Japan and is similar to the phoenix. It was said to bring luck and symbolise good fortune. Carvings of these birds appeared in England in the 18th century on Georgian furniture and most commonly mounted on mirrors.
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24 3⁄8"
62 cms |
48"
122 cms |
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Stock: 14969
A fine Florentine gilt wood wall mirror. The frame is exuberantly carved with acanthus leaves and scrollwork. Florentine frame-makers were and still are some of the finest in the world, and this mirror exemplifies the quality of their work. The scrolling acanthus leaves are carved in three dimensions, giving the mirror substance and depth.
Original mercury glass. Italian, mid-18th century.
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16 1⁄8"
41 cms |
22"
56 cms |
3 7⁄8"
10 cms |
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Stock: 14893
A rather delightful and very decorative 20th century wall mirror with an inset bevelled plate. The frame is embellished with a variety of broken pieces of porcelain and china in a mosaic design and is fitted with small brass candle pockets. English, mid to late 20th century.
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27 5⁄8"
70 cms |
21 11⁄16"
55 cms |
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Stock: 14772
A large antique French gilt wood and gesso overmantel mirror in the Louis XV Rococo Chippendale manner with a fruit bowl crest and an inner gilt wood frame linking to the main outer elaborately carved acanthus frame.
French, late 19th century.
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60 3⁄16"
153 cms |
60 3⁄8"
153.5 cms |
2 13⁄16"
7 cms |
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Stock: 13160
A very large oval giltwood and gesso girandole wall mirror. The mirror is topped with a bird perched within foliate ornamentation, the mirror plate set within a carved, embellished frame. This is adorned with a pair of scrolling two branch candle sconces to the sides above a triple branch sconce at the bottom.
French, mid 19th century.
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29 1⁄8"
74 cms |
47 5⁄8"
121 cms |
10 5⁄8"
27 cms |
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Stock: 14771
A large ornate Louis XVI style carved gilt wood antique overmantel mirror surmounted by a cartouche and embellished with flamboyant garlands and foliate detail throughout.
French, late 19th century.
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47 5⁄8"
121 cms |
73 5⁄8"
187 cms |
7 1⁄8"
18 cms |
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Stock: 13335
An unusual, small round antique wall mirror framed in a boldly carved mahogany shield styled cartouche with fish caught in nets, game in a pouch and a large boars head mounted at the top all depicting trophies from the hunting fishing and shooting world.
English mid 19th century.
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18 1⁄8"
46 cms |
28 1⁄2"
72.5 cms |
5 7⁄8"
15 cms |
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Stock: 14594
A tall carved and gilded antique wall or overmantel mirror in the classical style, surmounted by a wreath, torcheres and foliate sprigs with twin descending ribboned floral swags. The carved frame with an enriched leaf border, the mirror plate with bead edging. French, late 19th century.
Photo before restoration.
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47 3⁄16"
120 cms |
78 1⁄4"
199 cms |
3 7⁄8"
10 cms |
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Stock: 13495
An elegant and impressive tall Louis XVI style silvered wood antique wall mirror with an elaborately carved shield cartouche cresting flanked by a pair of stylised dragons.
French, probably mid to late 19th century.
Photo before restoration.
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36 3⁄8"
92.5 cms |
64"
162.5 cms |
5 1⁄8"
13 cms |
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Stock: 13805
A sumptuous antique Giltwood and gesso Louis XV style Girandole mirror.
The generous pediment is in the form a single putti holding aloft garlands of summer flowers among scrolling foliage,it is set above the arched topped mirror with its original mercury glass plate. The finely detailed and moulded frame has further flamboyant foliate decoration to the bottom with two elegant scrolling single branch candle sconces.
English, mid 19th century.
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23 5⁄8"
60 cms |
63 13⁄16"
162 cms |
8 11⁄16"
22 cms |
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Stock: 14697
A highly ornate Rococo style giltwood antique oval wall mirror with a high stele crest above a luxuriously scrolled acanthus carved frame meeting a reversed stele crest below.
French, late 19th century.
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37"
94 cms |
61 13⁄16"
157 cms |
3 1⁄2"
9 cms |
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Stock: 14595
A tall an elegantly simple carved and gilded antique wall or overmantle mirror in the classical style, surmounted by a tied ribbon and floral sprig crest, the mirror plate with fine bead edging and twin floral & foliate paterae, the frame with an enriched leaf border. French, late 19th century.
Photo before restoration.
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43 11⁄16"
111 cms |
66 7⁄8"
170 cms |
3 1⁄2"
9 cms |
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Stock: 14607
A large antique oak framed overmantle mirror with its original distressed plate and mounted with a central eagle and a pair of finely carved masks.
French, mid 19th century.
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78 11⁄16"
200 cms |
48 3⁄8"
123 cms |
5 7⁄8"
15 cms |
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Stock: 14115
A gilt pine and gesso antique overmantel mirror with an enriched carved gilt frame and bead edging around the mirror surmounted by a flamboyant clam shell crest in a bed of acanthus leaves and sprigs of flowers.
French late 19th century.
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42 1⁄2"
108 cms |
65 3⁄8"
166 cms |
5 1⁄8"
13 cms |
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Stock: 14244
An antique gilded over mantle mirror the frame entwined throughout with applied carved oak and ivy leaf decoration
English, circa 1860.
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58 1⁄4"
148 cms |
60 3⁄16"
153 cms |
7 1⁄8"
18 cms |
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Stock: 13343
A rather beautiful and tall antique giltwood Rococo style over mantel mirror with a large and highly ornate carved Rocaille cresting and with further rocaille and acanthus decoration embellishing the frame.
English, mid 19th century.
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47 3⁄16"
120 cms |
88 5⁄8"
225 cms |
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Stock: 14221
A giltwood and applied gesso antique overmantel mirror in the Louis XVI style with foliate cresting and finely carved and applied detail throughout.
French circa 1870.
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49 3⁄16"
125 cms |
79 1⁄2"
202 cms |
5 1⁄2"
14 cms |
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Stock: 4774
An Irish Rococo Revival carved giltwood overmantel mirror in the mid 18th Century Georgian manner, with its original Mercury backed Vauxhall glass sections all separately fitted. The high central cartouche and ‘C’ scroll decoration over the triple mirror are supported either side by grand floral scrolls. The original Dublin cabinet maker's label is attached to the bottom.
Irish, circa 1881.
R. Boyle & Sons.
Artistic Cabinet Makers & Upholsterers
Carvers Guilders & Manufacturers of Church Furniture
20 Upper Gloucester Street
Dublin, July 1st 1881 - image below.
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72"
183 cms |
54 1⁄4"
138 cms |
3 1⁄2"
9 cms |
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Stock: 13785
A large Regency, giltwood and gesso, overmantel mirror of inverted breakfront form. The flared cavetto cornice applied spheres above pairs of florette headed leaf wrapped spiral twist tapered columns.
English, circa 1820.
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49 3⁄8"
125.5 cms |
59 5⁄8"
151.5 cms |
7 1⁄8"
18 cms |
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Stock: 11857
A tall Louis XVI overmantel mirror in gilded pine and gesso, the main floral cartouche complemented with gadrooned detail either side along the top rail, floral scrolls set into the scalloped top corners, with acanthus leaf detail descending on both sides of the orginal glass plate, Image before restoration. French, mid 19th century.
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52"
132 cms |
78 11⁄16"
200 cms |
2 13⁄16"
7 cms |
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Stock: 12611
A Louis XVI style gilt brass mirror over a matching small console table with marble top. 20th century.
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28"
71.1 cms |
31 1⁄2"
80 cms |
9 13⁄16"
25 cms |
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18 1⁄8"
46 cms |
36"
91.5 cms |
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Stock: 12313
An impressive large marble overmantel mirror rescued from the old Baltic Exchange in London. Carved in the Palladian manner in veined white marble with pink figuring it has a high broken pediment with scrolled brackets set above a shield emblematic of the maritime history of The Exchange. The carved egg and dart mirror frame is flanked by scrolled consoles. English, circa 1900.
Provenance: The Baltic Exchange, a membership organisation for the maritime industry, was located at 24–28 St Mary Axe, London, until that building was destroyed by a bomb in 1992, and is now located at 38 St Mary Axe. The historic building was designed by Smith and Wimble, and completed by George Trollope & Sons in 1903 and was subsequently listed as a Grade II* listed building. It was. The "Gherkin" now occupies the original site.
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53"
134.5 cms |
78 1⁄4"
199 cms |
7 1⁄4"
18.5 cms |
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33 7⁄8"
86 cms |
51 3⁄16"
130 cms |
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Stock: 11942
A carved mahogany overmantle mirror with egg & dart and acanthus detail, reeded tapering columns wit florally carved capitals and baluster bases, supported on either side by large scrolled carved brackets.The original bevelled glass mirror plate is in good condition.
Victorian, circa 1900.
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61"
155 cms |
38 5⁄8"
98 cms |
10"
25.5 cms |
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38 5⁄8"
98 cms |
23 13⁄16"
60.5 cms |
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Antique mirrors
There is something alluring about an antique mirror - perhaps the combination of a finely carved frame and the shimmering surface of original glass - that has led to their enduring appeal amongst antique furniture collectors.
A short history of antique mirrors
The earliest mirrored glass was made in Murano in the 16th century, where glass was coated in mercury and tin to create a silver reflective layer on its reverse. This process was a closely guarded secret, and spies were sent from the French court of Louis XIV to Venice to discover the process. Their efforts paid off, and the French became renowned producers in their own right. Antique mirrors were made using mercury glass until other safer methods of manufacture became more widely available in the 19th century.
Earlier antique mirrors also tend to be slightly smaller, or made with separate panels of mirrored glass, as there was not the technology to produce single sheets of large glass until the late 18th century. Only the very wealthy could afford very large panes of glass, so mirrors were objects of prestige and magnificence.
Varieties of antique mirror
Whether an antique wall mirror, an overmantel mirror or a pier mirror, it is often the frame that catches the eye. Particularly fine mirrors are carved from mahogany or rosewood, or gilded using gold leaf, rather than paint. Mirror frames tend to be made of carved wood or carved wood and gesso. They are called giltwood mirrors if a thin layer of gold leaf has been applied over the carved and primed surface. Such mirrors exude quality and vary from bright gold through to a more worn, soft patina. An antique gilded mirror is often deemed more valuable than its wooden counterpart and is seen as a timeless addition to interiors of all styles.
Eras of antique mirror
Antique overmantle mirrors embody the elegance of a period home, and can inject both sophistication and character into an interior. Victorian mirrors often come in overmantel form, as in 19th century England, the mantelpiece was the heart of the home, a space to display precious objects and convey taste. The earlier Regency overmantel mirrors were often horizontal in form and more modest in design. Victorian mirrors were not only gilt, but often carved from wood such as oak, mahogany and rosewood.
In France the overmantel mirror was similarly significant, and in many cases, much taller, utilising the space above the fireplace enabled by higher ceilings and grand rooms. These Antique French mirrors are usually gilded, and wood was not widely used without a gilded adornment.
Often smaller, antique wall mirrors are an excellent thing to hang above a piece of furniture or in a hallway, where they can create the illusion of a larger, lighter space. They are less dominant than an overmantel, and serve a function in rooms such as bedrooms or hallways.
If you are looking for an overmantel or any Antique mirrors London is the place to look. Our showroom has numerous options all on display for you to browse, from early Georgian wall mirrors through to large Aesthetic movement overmantels.