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1830-1860
GUSN-289724
Large rectangular overmantle mirror with elaborate gilded gesso frame. Sides and base are straight but top is rounded. Outer edge with beaded interior edge with trellis border. Four corners with climbing lilies and acanthus leaves. A central shield tops rounded top, ornamented by a plume and open swags at sides.
overmantel mirrors
sheet glass
silvering
wood (plant material)
gesso
gilding
Mirror
Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
United States
65 x 62 x 5 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Frances Sortwell
1958.234
1830-1860 (Possibly)
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