A Large French Giltwood Overmantle Mirror c.1880 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Considering the considerable age

Considering the considerable age

The year of 1842 in France saw the Versailles train crash at Meudon

which is a more unusual feature of tins of this type

The condition is mainly good with a small crack and two repairs to the lower end

beautifully hand sign-written on a plum painted background with gold leaf writing

A Large French Giltwood Overmantle Mirror c.1880 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Considering the considerable ageOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 63 Depth: 2. 5 Width: 47 The large and wonderfully decorative overmantle mirror, at over five feet high, having the original heavy mercury glass plate surrounded by an acanthus giltwood and gesso frame to a gadrooned border terminating in a naturalistic scrolled shell cresting, the whole surviving from 3rd republic France. The original mirror plate has attractive foxing,