Mirror
- Object Name:
- Mirror
- Object ID:
- 1940.013.01
- Place of Origin:
- Salisbury, NH
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- Mirror, framed. Chippendale style. c. 1800. Walnut primary wood, pine secondary wood. Rectangular mirror, framed, with scrollwork on top and bottom. Gilded eagle within top scrollwork. Interior frame molding is gilded and has circular depressions (appears scalloped) approximately every 3.25". Upper right ear is broken off. Scrollwork is supported with glue blocks. Beveled wood backboard attached with nails. Two cutouts at bottom of backboard. Remnants of adhesive tape on back. Glass probably replaced.
- Material:
- Glass
Wood
Walnut - Dimensions:
- H-33 W-16.375 D-1 inches
- Provenance:
- This looking glass descended to the donor through the family of Sarah Webster (1784-1811), sister of Daniel Webster. Sarah married her cousin, Ebenezer Webster (1787-1861) of Hill, NH, in 1808; The glass presumably dates from about the time of her marriage. Sarah Webster was the great-grandmother of the donor, Edith Livingston (1868-1949). Donor states in a letter, "as long as I can remember it has been understood in the family that the mirror should be put in the Historical Society."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Edith Livingston
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