Fine Antique French Gilded Mahogany Ormolu Napoleonic Empire Cheval Mirror 1815 Recently Added 620 grams silver weight

620 grams silver weight

often depicting daily life and lively social interactions in detailed

in form this would have been described as a 'miniature' in the Renaissance period

the rear of the spoon is finely decorated with a gold ground and having both floral & geometric cloisonne decoration

The chair base has four inlaid calligraphy panels and mihrab arches with corresponding stick & ball carvings and is raised on compressed bun feet

Fine Antique French Gilded Mahogany Ormolu Napoleonic Empire Cheval Mirror 1815 Recently Added 620 grams silver weightSOLD A very fine antique French 1st Empire Napoleonic period mahogany and ormolu monted cheval mirror, circa 1815. The mirror with a stepped top and removeable wooden gilded gesso cornice, above a rectangular mahogany panel mounted with a gilt bronze roundel with gilt bronze fern leaves. To each side is a pair Doric columns with gilded bases and capitals, centering a swivel beveled glass mirror that is elegantly framed within a mahogany frame with