Mirror
- Object Name:
- Mirror
- Object ID:
- 1966.030.28
- Date:
- 1725-1750
- Description:
- Dressing Mirror (missing stand), Queen Anne style. Walnut veneer with gilded gesso molding. Scroll cresting with gilding-over-gesso shell design, within a circular depression. Flat bottom. Appears to be early glass. Back is 2 planks of wood, attached with both wrought and wire nails. The silvering on the glass is mottled. Holes on both side rails, with corresponding slots on the back for the purpose of mounting mirror on stand. Evidence of glue blocks behind cresting to support the crest.
- Material:
- Glass
Wood
Walnut - Dimensions:
- H-15.5 W-9.875 D-1.125 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Rogers Collection -- a gift (and later bequest) of Josephine Rogers given in memory of her husband, Harry K. Rogers -- consists of a large collection of New Hampshire glass, parian ware, furniture, and other decorative arts. This accession includes: furniture, glass, tie-backs, mirror knobs, miscellaneous brass hardware and articles. Many of the pieces in the Rogers' collection was acquired locally (Suncook, N.H.) from estate sales/auction or dealers, and used to furnish their Suncook, N.H. home.
- Credit Line:
- Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Rogers Collection, Gift of Josephine P. Rogers
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