On loan

  • On display at Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire

Toilet Mirror

1838 (made)
Artist/Maker
Morant
Salvin (designers)
Place of origin
Old Bond Street

On loan to Newstead Abbey, Nottingham.

Object details

Categories
Furniture
Interiors
Mirrors
Object type
Toilet mirror
Materials and techniques
carved and incised oak
Oak
Glass
Brass
Carving
Incising
Brief description
Toilet Mirror, Salvin, for Mamhead House, English, 1838
Physical description
Oak, with incised and fretted decoration and brass candle sconces.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 63cm
  • Depth: 30cm
measurements provided by Newstead Abbey staff
Styles
Elizabethan Revival
Tudor Revival
Object history
Made for the visit of Queen Adelaide, wife of King William IV, in 1838.

Purchased in 1973 from Peter Hone Antiques, Islington.
Associations
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mamhead
Summary
On loan to Newstead Abbey, Nottingham.
Associated objects
Other number
1973/357 - RF number
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.6-1973

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O322065/toilet-mirror-morant/
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