A Good Pair of Aesthetic Movement Ebonised & Parcel Gilt Wall Mirrors sub-Curios the builder of the Suez

the builder of the Suez Canal

with further markings

There are few surface blemishes to the painted surface mainly to the mushroom cap

The stained and painted pine carcass

the lid and sides inset with cut-down porcupine quill

A Good Pair of Aesthetic Movement Ebonised & Parcel Gilt Wall Mirrors sub-Curios the builder of the SuezOrigin: English Period: Aesthetic Movement Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 39. 25 inches Width: 22 inches Depth: 7 inches (at shelves maximum) The ebonised pair of late Victorian aesthetic movement wall mirrors of generous proportions, each with baluster turned pediments, gilt piping and motifs to include leaf sprays, urns, nulling and roundels and having single shelves surviving from the aesthetic period of late nineteenth century England.