An Irish Regency Giltwood & Gesso Convex Wall Mirror c.1810-20 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles surmounting four circular reeded and

surmounting four circular reeded and tapering legs with stiff acanthus leaf terminals

corals and sea life that they discovered or dredge up to pass on to William

The costume is all original to the dummy and although a bit dirty and tired it is in decent order

Father Time was often used allegorically to mock the pettiness of human kind and our obsession with the ephemeral

An Irish Regency Giltwood & Gesso Convex Wall Mirror c.1810-20 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles surmounting four circular reeded andOrigin: IrishPeriod: RegencyProvenance: The Gordon Gridley Collection, London. Date: c. 1810 20Width: 22. 5 Height: 26. 5 Depth: 3 (all at extremities)The attractive Regency period giltwood and gesso wall mirror having the original convex mirror plate and ebonised reeded slip, surrounded by a thick moulded gilt gesso frame with corvetto balls in beautifully crusty and textured worn condition, undercrested by stiff leaves and a central scalloped shell,