Mirror
1600-1800 (made)
| Place of origin |
Wooden mirror, in the form of a square unit with a central square glass mirror, with two smaller sections above; all the surrounds with reverse painted glass ornamented with a tree and lozenges on a green ground with red spots. The wooden parts of the frame appear to be painted red, with a dark varnish. The wooden back frame apparently glued and nailed.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Softwood frame, painted; reverse painted glass; mirrored glass |
| Brief description | Mirror, framed in wood with reverse painted glass; 17th(?) century |
| Physical description | Wooden mirror, in the form of a square unit with a central square glass mirror, with two smaller sections above; all the surrounds with reverse painted glass ornamented with a tree and lozenges on a green ground with red spots. The wooden parts of the frame appear to be painted red, with a dark varnish. The wooden back frame apparently glued and nailed. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Frank Green |
| Object history | Given by Frank Green from his collection at the Treasurer's House, York. Acquisition RF (16/863 and 16/1043, on Nominal File Green, FRank W. MA/1/G1639/1. The list says "Mirror, said to be of the time of Charles I" Condition: 'much damaged and portions missing'. This piece was one of about 30 items of furniture, ceramics and textiles being offered; the mirror is probably one of the pieces described by Green in a letter to the Museum of 25/3/1915 as 'a quantity of small objects which are of no particular intrinsic value but you may not have similiar ones at the Museum.' |
| Production | Originally attributed as possibly English; mediterranean also considered possible. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.46-1916 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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