A Flemish gilt-brass repousse mirror, second half 17th century

A Flemish gilt-brass repousse mirror, second half 17th century

the rectangular aperture within scrolling flowering and fruiting branches, the top corners each depicting a bird, the shaped cresting centred below a tied ribbon with a hen with her chicks, the apron cast with sea shells, a crab and a lobster, on a wooden backing

98cm. high, 80cm. wide; 3ft. 2½in., 2ft. 7½in.