Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
Queen Anne mahogany and etched-glass wall mirror with molded rectangular frame, and crest with fret-carved scrolling edges, the glass copper-etched around the edges with swag-like scrolls, flowering vines, diapering and, at the bottom, 2 doves holding a floral swag between them, and standing on 2 hearts. Backed with secondary wood (pine?); glued and nailed.
wall mirrors
mirrors
carving (processes)
copper engraving (printing process)
mahogany (wood)
mirrors
glass (material)
copper (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
doves
fretwork
hearts (motifs)
Queen Anne
swags
weddings
Mahogany
Glass
Stipple Engraved
Carved
Fretwork
Queen Anne
Dove
Heart
Swag
Wedding
MIRROR, WALL
NKL's exhibit label on the reverse: ""Date: 1st quarter 18th Century// Name: Mrs. Bertram K. Little/ 305 Warren Street/Brookline/Type and Description of Entry: Mahogany/ with etched glass./Decoration indicates/wedding gift./Originally in/Woodbury family./Gloucester.""
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
USA; USA, New England; Bohemia; Germany; England
23.25 x 15.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1287
Possibly
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
