An Irish Regency Giltwood & Gesso Convex Wall Mirror c.1810-20 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Origin: French or German

Origin: French or German

but the consensus that "cardinalis" from the word cardo (meaning 'pivot' or 'hinge') was first used in late antiquity to designate a bishop or priest who was incorporated into a church for which he had not originally been ordained

with thousands of mourners lining the route of the procession

The firm remained in being until the next century and had a wide influence on map publishing in Germany

Bowls of this kind are scarce survivals and are excessively rare sold as a brace

An Irish Regency Giltwood & Gesso Convex Wall Mirror c.1810-20 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope Origin: French or GermanOrigin: IrishPeriod: RegencyProvenance: The Gordon Gridley Collection, London. Date: c. 1810 20Width: 22. 5 Height: 26. 5 Depth: 3 (all at extremities)The attractive Regency period giltwood and gesso wall mirror having the original convex mirror plate and ebonised reeded slip, surrounded by a thick moulded gilt gesso frame with corvetto balls in beautifully crusty and textured worn condition, undercrested by stiff leaves and a central scalloped shell,