17th C Italian mirror in gilt wood with its mercury silvering. 

17th C Italian mirror in gilt wood with its mercury silvering.

17th C Italian mirror in gilt wood with its mercury silvering. It is richly carved with a decoration of acanthus leaves, festoons and laurel falls. The pediment shows a cartouche with a female profil flanked by 2 eagles with spread wings. The base is openwork with shell decoration.

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