A carved giltwood and gessoed mirror Régence, circa 1720

the reverse with four red wax seals with the arms probably of Mosconi of Verona, Italy

Old minor marks and chips commensurate with age and hairline cracks as visible from photograph. Some old very minor restorations to the carving where there have been previous breaks. There are some minor sections of the mirrored border missing but these are hidden by the carved sections and hardly noticeable. There is a very slight difference in the colour of the gilding of the cresting. The mirror plates are later. An attractive mirror in otherwise good conserved condition.
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ref: Armorial Général, by J.B. Rietstap, Vol. II, p. 267.