Mirror, Wall
- Object Name:
- Mirror, Wall
- Object ID:
- 1966.011
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Mirror with reverse painting on glass, Federal style. Tall, rectangular. Gilded wood. Column on either side with raised crossed leafage near center. These support a projecting cornice with a row of small balls suspended beneath. Rectangular mirror-glass fills lower 2/3 of opening between columns and beneath cornice. Framed upper 1/3 with rope edge contains a reverse painting on glass of the Jacob Hoyt farm in East Concord, N.H., done in polychrome. Good condition. Mirror circa 1820, painting late 19th century.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-43.5 W-25.25 D-4.25 inches
- Provenance:
- The donor knows that the mirror, which includes an image of the Jacob Hoyt farm in East Concord, NH, belonged to her grandmother but whether it was in the family further back she does not know. The painting is apparently a copy of the Henry Herrick watercolor of the identical scene painted in 1898 and given to this society by Mrs. Vanderveer in 1965 (1965.032). Jacob Hoyt was donor's great-great grandfather.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret M. Vanderveer
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