A Fine Regency Period Gilt Gesso & Ebonised Egyptian Revival Overmantle Mirror c.1810 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Journey to the West”

Journey to the West”

“Sweep and the Whitewasher”

appealing to the collector or to those who seek an original decorative fix

The learning plate is in good overall order with some creases that would eventually drop out and some light fading to the paper

Most of the mechanisms work but because of the complexity of them some are sticking and they could do with some attention

A Fine Regency Period Gilt Gesso & Ebonised Egyptian Revival Overmantle Mirror c.1810 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Journey to the West”Origin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1805 15 Height: 23. 25 inches Width: 53 inches Depth: 6. 5 inches (at maximum) The Regency period gilt gesso and ebonised overmantel mirror with the heavy silvered glass divided into three fielded plates by ebonised reeded slip under a shaped pediment adorned with corvetto balls, the flanks with fluted pilasters under Egyptian Sphinx busts and feet. The condition of the mirror is evocative