Small handheld or wall mirrors were not made in England until the beginning of the 17th century. Until then, most were imported from Venice. The celebrated Vauxhall glasshouses were opened in the 1660s.

At first, hand blown techniques were used, but the glass showed a great many imperfections, particularly when used for mirror making. Glass casting, where the molten glass was poured on to a bed of hot metal and rolled, was introduced in France in the later 17th century, but it was not until 1773 that the British Plate Glass Company was incorporated. From then on this glass tended to supplant the French imports.

Initially the mirrored pieces were relatively small and a large carved frame frequently had to incorporate glazing bars to accommodate several pieces of glass. After the mid-18th century improved techniques meant that large plates could be produced, and one supplied by Chippendale measured 231cm more...

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Chippendale rococo style water gilded mirror, England, c. 1850,…

Chippendale rococo style water gilded mirror, England, c. 1850, an elaborate gilded frame comprising 16 mirror plates, carved throughout with foliage, garlands, shells and c-scrolls, surmounted by a central cartouche flanked by finely carved ho-ho birds,…

A large gilded wall mirror, the frame ornately moulded with bay…

Gilded Bay Leaf Mirror from Drake House

A large gilded wall mirror, the frame ornately moulded with bay leaves, 190 x 150 cm. Provenance: Drake house, Australian Catholic University (Acu)

Giltwood mirror, 20th century, of rectangular form wih molded…

Giltwood Leaf Mirror - Estate of Diana Kemp

Giltwood mirror, 20th century, of rectangular form wih molded decoration of leaves (A/F), 109 x 89 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Diana Kemp, NSW

Giltwood mirror, early 20th century, of rectangular form with…

Giltwood Mirror with Ornate Design

Giltwood mirror, early 20th century, of rectangular form with scrolls, shells and acanthus leaves (A/F), 135 x 108 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Diana Kemp, NSW

Parcel gilt and verre eglomise mirror, early 20th century, the…

Parcel Gilt & Verre Eglomise Mirror with Laurel Garland Decoration

Parcel gilt and verre eglomise mirror, early 20th century, the rectangular mirror plate decorated with urns and garlands of laurel, signed 'L. Thomas', within a parcel-gilt and green painted frame, 164 x 130 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, NSW

Italian green painted and giltwood trumeau mirror, 19th century,…

Green and Giltwood Trumeau Mirror, 19th Century

Italian green painted and giltwood trumeau mirror, 19th century, the rectangular mirror plate within a green painted and parcel-gilt frame, 190 x 148 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, NSW

Pair of Regency Adam style giltwood mirrors, early 20th century,…

Regency Adam Giltwood Mirrors (Pair)

Pair of Regency Adam style giltwood mirrors, early 20th century, each with a rectangular moulded frame surmounted by an urn flanked by scrolling leaves and garlands (2), 120 x 60 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

A circular giltwood concave mirror, the circular plate within…

Giltwood Ribbon Mirror, 50 cm Diameter

A circular giltwood concave mirror, the circular plate within an ebonised slip, encompassed by a moulded frame plied with ribbon decoration to the edges. diameter 50 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney.

A carved gilt wall mirror, decorated with applied the…

Gilt Mirror with Australian Coat of Arms

A carved gilt wall mirror, decorated with applied the Australian coat of arms with kangaroo and emu motifs, 68 x 53 cm

Charles Nosotti (Italian, active in England c. 1830-1890) pair…

Pair of Nosotti Giltwood Mirrors, c. 1875

Charles Nosotti (Italian, active in England c. 1830-1890) pair of giltwood mirrors, c. 1875 each oval plate surmounted by a cabochon and foliate cresting, carved with flowers and scrolling leaves, labelled to back 'C. Nosotti', carver, gilder, upholsterer…

A circular antique mirror, kauri pine with original gilt slip,…

Antique Kauri Pine Mirror with Gilt Slip

A circular antique mirror, kauri pine with original gilt slip, 19th century, 48 cm diameter

A pair of Australian oval wall mirrors, gilt frames with fern…

Gilt-Framed Fern Mirrors from 1880s Australia

A pair of Australian oval wall mirrors, gilt frames with fern decoration, circa 1880, 31 x 23.5 cm

A gold gilt mirror c. 20th Century, graduating tiered frame, 51…

Gold Gilt Mirror with Graduating Tiered Frame

A gold gilt mirror c. 20th Century, graduating tiered frame, 51 x 65 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

Italian rococo style giltwood mirror, late 19th century, the…

Italian Rococo Giltwood Mirror, Late 19th Century

Italian rococo style giltwood mirror, late 19th century, the rectangular frame carved with scrolls and shells 103 x 117 cm. Provenance: Lawsons, April 2001. Private collection, Sydney

Venetian blackamoor giltwood and polychrome-painted mirror,…

Venetian Rococo Blackamoor Mirror

Venetian blackamoor giltwood and polychrome-painted mirror, 19th century, in the rococo taste, decorated with five blackamoor putti playing hide and seek in heavy drapery 166 x 106 cm. Provenance: Christopher Davies Antiques, Sydney. Private collection,…

Chippendale style mahogany and parcel-gilt mirror, 19th century,…

Mahogany and Gilt Mirror with Phoenix Surmount

Chippendale style mahogany and parcel-gilt mirror, 19th century, the scrolled frame with a rectangular mirror plate, surmounted by a giltwood phoenix (A/F) 93.5 x 53 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

Edwardian giltwood mirror, early 20th century, rectangular…

Edwardian Giltwood Mirror with Prince of Wales Feathers

Edwardian giltwood mirror, early 20th century, rectangular beveled plate surmounted by an urn with Prince of Wales feathers, flanked by floral swags, height 120 cm width 65 cm. Provenance: The Collection of Janet and Graeme Webb, Wollogorang, NSW

Parcel-gilt and ebonised overmantel mirror, 19th century, the…

Reeded Starry Mirror from the Webb Collection

Parcel-gilt and ebonised overmantel mirror, 19th century, the reeded frame embellished with gilded stars, 99 x 69 cm. Provenance: The Collection of Janet and Graeme Webb, Wollogorang, NSW

Wall mirror huon pine frame, with gilt slip, 59 x 84 cm

Huon Pine Wall Mirror with Gilt Slip (9 words)

Wall mirror huon pine frame, with gilt slip, 59 x 84 cm

A large oval gilt bevelled mirror, Intricately carved by Harold…

Gilt Oval Mirror by Harold English

A large oval gilt bevelled mirror, Intricately carved by Harold English in 1997, the gilding by David Butler, Sydney. Note, inspired by the original mirror for Yves St Laurent's muse, Ines de la Fressange, see photographs and drawings, height 180 cm,…

Italian etched and cut glass mirror early 19th century, with…

Italian Gilded Floral Mirror, 19th Century

Italian etched and cut glass mirror early 19th century, with gilded floral decoration, restored (A/F), 155 x 705 cm. Provenance: The Collection of Mr and Mrs Matthew Handbury, Sydney

A Chinese rectangular mirror with a carved gilt panel, the…

Chinese gilt bamboo mirror, mid 20th century

A Chinese rectangular mirror with a carved gilt panel, the frame Imitating bamboo, mid 20th century. Provenance: The Residual of the Hutcheon's Estate. The Hutcheons lived in Shanghai & Hong Kong in the early & mid 20th century before moving to Sydney. 92…

A Tasmanian birdseye huon pine framed mirror with gilt slip,…

Tasmanian Huon Pine Mirror with Gilt Trim, 19th Century

A Tasmanian birdseye huon pine framed mirror with gilt slip, mid 19th century, 51 x 46 cm

A Regency style silver giltwood mirror, fashioned, after an…

Regency Silver Giltwood Octagonal Mirror

A Regency style silver giltwood mirror, fashioned, after an example owned by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at Palace Windsor, the octagonal acanthus moulded frame with faceted mirror plates, 166 x 125 cm

A mirror in an antique Isaac Whitehead gilt frame, 1889-1893,…

Antique Isaac Whitehead Gilt Mirror

A mirror in an antique Isaac Whitehead gilt frame, 1889-1893, label for Isaac Whitehead, 178 Collins Street Melbourne, made by Isaac Whitehead Jnr and in the classical revival manner with, ribbon twists and laurel borders, applied acanthus leaves to the…

Egyptian revival giltwood mirror, late 19th century, of…

Egyptian Revival Giltwood Mirror with Figural Columns

Egyptian revival giltwood mirror, late 19th century, of rectangular shape, with sunrise motif above a pair of figural columns, 95 x 53 cm. Provenance: The Estate of J. Belfer, Sydney

Italian giltwood mirror, of rectangular shape with carved…

Italian Giltwood Carved Vine Mirror

Italian giltwood mirror, of rectangular shape with carved scrolling vines throughout, 138 x 81 cm. Provenance: The Estate of J. Belfer, Sydney

Rococo style carved giltwood mirror, the arched frame carved…

Rococo Giltwood Mirror, Scrolling Foliage Carvings

Rococo style carved giltwood mirror, the arched frame carved and moulded with scrolling foliage and leaves, top (A/F). Height 170 cm. Width 82 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Nancy Melick, NSW

Italian rococo style carved giltwood mirror, the arched plate…

Italian Rococo Giltwood Mirror

Italian rococo style carved giltwood mirror, the arched plate contained within an ornately carved and moulded frame with a scrolling foliate crest surmounted by leaves and flanked by trailing foliage. Height 127 cm. Width 69 cm. Provenance: The Collection…

Regency gilt and composition overmantel mirror, with floral…

Regency Floral Overmantel Mirror

Regency gilt and composition overmantel mirror, with floral scrolling panel, the rectangular plinth flanked by a pair of plain pilasters with composite capitals with a floral scrolling panel above, 110 cm x 137 cm. Ex Keith Okey collection Sydney Lot 305

A Regency overmantel mirror, circa 1820. The upper panel…

Regency En-Grissaille Overmantel Mirror

A Regency overmantel mirror, circa 1820. The upper panel painted with en-grisaille panel of gambolling putti, with reeded cornice and pilaster form gilded gesso frame, 116.5 cm width x 154.5 cm height. Provenance: Purchased from Palmer Antiques, Sydney.

A gilt wood mirror, embossed with the Australian coat of arms,…

Gilt Wood Mirror with Australian Coat of Arms

A gilt wood mirror, embossed with the Australian coat of arms, late 19th/20th century, 79 cm high, 65 cm wide

Carved Italian giltwood star Burst mirror, gilt decoration.…

Italian Giltwood Starburst Mirror, 100cm Diameter

Carved Italian giltwood star Burst mirror, gilt decoration. Diameter 100 cm. Provenance: Ros Palmer Interiors, Woollahra. The Estate of a Lady, NSW