Mirror
1680-1700 (made)
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Mirror, composed on a single portrait mirror plate with soft hand cut bevel on all sides. The main plate is surrounded by a narrow divider of scalloped glass and framed by 8 smaller bevelled mirror plates with decorative shaped glass overlays. The whole is bordered by narrow scalloped slips and surmounted by a shaped cresting which, when complete, was most likely made up of 3 plates with narrow bevels on all edges.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Brief description | Mirror, from Boughton House, English, 1600-1700 |
| Physical description | Mirror, composed on a single portrait mirror plate with soft hand cut bevel on all sides. The main plate is surrounded by a narrow divider of scalloped glass and framed by 8 smaller bevelled mirror plates with decorative shaped glass overlays. The whole is bordered by narrow scalloped slips and surmounted by a shaped cresting which, when complete, was most likely made up of 3 plates with narrow bevels on all edges. |
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| Credit line | Given by His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch. |
| Object history | Given by His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch. 'Mirror, with glass border, framed on three sides: with ornament for top. (With loose pieces of mirror)''. 'Side mirror cracked: no glass on top ornament'. [A separate receipt 29/8/1918 records 'Loose pieces of Mirror'] Letter to the Duke from Cecil Harcourt Smith, 10/7/1918 makes it clear that the items (W.26 to 34-1918, described as coming 'from Boughton' were in a somewhat deteriorated state: '...I have very little doubt that our skilled repairers will be able to treat them in such a way that they will be extremely valuable to our students here..I expect the necessary work for the furniture will occupy a considerable time...' |
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| Accession number | W.26:1-1918 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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