A Swedish simulated porphyry verre eglomisé and carved giltwood neo-classical mirror Gustavian, late 18th century

of rectangular form with a projecting cresting with an egg-and-dart moulding above a ribbon-tied berried laurel swag, the rectangular plate within a spiral-twist alternating band of foliate fronds and beading, with projecting corners, the apron with a crossed spray of laurel leaves and oak leaves and acorns on a verre eglomisé faux porphyry ground, within a bead and reel border; regilt,

Acquired from Mallett Antiques, London.

Mallett at Bourdon House, 2002, illustrated p. 50.

In overall very good conserved condition, The colour of the faux porphyry is slightly darker and the gilding is more golden and attractive than in the catalogue photograph. The bead and reel border on the edge has some minor sections missing as visible from the catalogue photograph eg. 11cm, 6cm and 5cm in length but this can easily be restored.
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Hakan Groth, Neoclassicism in the North, London, 1990, p. 218, fig. 93, for a late Gustavian painted and giltwood mirror inset with glass panels to simulate porphyry as on this mirror.