A Fine Regency Period Gilt Gesso & Ebonised Egyptian Revival Overmantle Mirror c.1810 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles This glass art form flourished

This glass art form flourished particularly in France and Germany where secrets of production were handed down from one generation to the next

The inscription to the lower section of the painting is of the same wording as that of the engraving by a contemporary of Jesus in the first century

The year of 1654 in England saw Oliver Cromwell creating a union between England and Scotland

the year and month when King Edward VII would pass away

A Fine Regency Period Gilt Gesso & Ebonised Egyptian Revival Overmantle Mirror c.1810 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles This glass art form flourishedOrigin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1805 15 Height: 23. 25 inches Width: 53 inches Depth: 6. 5 inches (at maximum) The Regency period gilt gesso and ebonised overmantel mirror with the heavy silvered glass divided into three fielded plates by ebonised reeded slip under a shaped pediment adorned with corvetto balls, the flanks with fluted pilasters under Egyptian Sphinx busts and feet. The condition of the mirror is evocative