A Victorian Walnut Rectangular Wall Mirror c.1870 sub-Natural History having a cartouche rectangular top

having a cartouche rectangular top with canted corners in turquoise

The original heavy plate glass is partially clear and in good order with two or three areas showing the most foxing

The designs overtly nostalgic feel is further heightened by the image of the lady in period clothing and the art-nouveau style flowering border

and with the laurel wreath

temperature and maintenance

A Victorian Walnut Rectangular Wall Mirror c.1870 sub-Natural History having a cartouche rectangular topOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1870Height: 31. 5Width: 18. 5Depth: 1The distressed but beautifully evocative nineteenth century rectangular wall mirror, retaining the original mercury glass rectangular mirror plate now beautifully foxed, the frame being walnut veneered with a gilded slip, the whole surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth century England. The mirror is in decorative and naturally aged condition