A Beautiful c.1780 Venetian Glass & Ormolu Mounted Wall Mirror sub-Curios It was as if the

It was as if the style was a last defiant gesture by a dying empire

Some wear to edges and loose at base of spine

The size of it means that it was perhaps part of a larger composition or perhaps part of a large cupboard door for instance

the double hinged interior opening to reveal a candle box and roomy vacant interior

The series of eight Art and Crafts movement ecclesiastical scenes painted in oils

A Beautiful c.1780 Venetian Glass & Ormolu Mounted Wall Mirror sub-Curios It was as if theOrigin: Venetian Period: Late Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1770 1790 Height: 11. 25 inches Width: 10 inches (at maximum) Depth: 2 inches The very fine two inch thick gilded foliate and scroll frame rectangular frame having intricately hand crafted alternating embossed brass, twisted clear glass cane strands, ormulu mounts and mirror plate glass segments with the original central plate survives from the second half of the eighteenth