Unusual Nelson Commemorative Mirror, circa 1815

A George III Nelson commemorative over-mantle mirror, the giltwood frame with a cornice above a wide frieze flanked by barley twist columns surmounted by sphinx-heads, all enclosing ...

A large Nelson commemorative armorial pier glass. This George III giltwood mirror has a rectangular glass plate below a shaped cornice with a central coat of arms for Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805) flanked by foliate tendrils on a painted black ground. The sides consist of paired tied-reed columns with palm frond capitals enclosing similar black painted panels of fruiting vine tendrils rising from classical vases. English, circa 1805. See Wick Antiques, Britain on the High Seas: From Nelson to Churchill, pp.76-77, for a very similar giltwood mirror from a group at Merton Place, the house in Surrey which the Admiral shared with his mistress Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815). They all featured his coat of arms surmounted by a baron’s coronet...

This oval white marble clock is applied with high quality bronze and ormolu mounts. The base encloses a French 8-day, twin barrel movement with a silk suspension and a count wheel strike on the bell. The ormolu dial has Roman numerals in blue and white enamels and is set within a rope border surrounded by naval panoplies and a coronet. The sides are embellished with putti with double fish-tails holding a long shell horn in each hand. On top of the clock is a bronze group of the dying Nelson collapsing into the arms of two sailors. With pendulum and key. Stamped on the back plate René à Paris. English, with a French movement, circa 1840. The bronze group of the falling Nelson being supported by two sailors is reminiscent of the positioning adopted by Samuel Drummond in his original version of The Death of Nelson...

A Regency rosewood five-foot tilt-top centre table, the circular top decorated with striking book veneers and a moulded edge, raised upon a stepped parcel gilt tripod...

This monumental George III gold and hardstone intaglio fob seal comprises a profile portrait of the head and shoulders of Admiral Viscount Nelson, in uniform displaying...

This carved giltwood barometer is in the form of a military trophy of arms surmounted by a ducal coronet. It comprises a sword hilt, cannon barrels and standards surrounding a portr...

A lovely unusual 19th Century giltwood bistro style mirror of large proportions. The gorgeous sparkly period mercury glass plate set within an elegantl...

Patinated brass beveled mirror, American, circa 1940s. This mirror was recently removed from the legendary Carlyle Hotel in NYC. It measures an impressive 40.75" height x 34.75" widt...

Beautiful and elegant, extra ordinary vintage wall mirror with original brass frame and crystal mirror glass in unusual form. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Large dimensions and unusual shape, as the narrow part is at the top and the wider part of the mirror is at the bottom. Would fit beautifully over an console desk, a fireplace or a sink. The thick strong brass frame is in original shape and still very shiny with little darker patina. The mirror glass is the original and shows small natural vintage signs and one little spot as shown on the pictures. It is still in very good condition. Very elegant shape. The wooden plate behind is the original with normal signs of age and wear but still in solid good and dry vintage...

An American federal mirror of exceptional quality depth and design. With a perfect warm patina and retaining the original gold gilding and mirr...

French Manner Giltwood and Gesso Wall or Console Mirrors. Italian Made. Each of rectangular form having scroll and floral decorated framed around a beveled clean mirror...

Fine George II carved and pierced giltwood mirror.