A Large Late 19thC Rectangular Wall Mirror c.1880 reserved especially to the top

especially to the top

A porthole to another world

concerns regarding the threat posed to the sponge population (and the sponge-diving industry) naturally arose among Ottoman regulators

as commanders decided the images (many containing naked women)

A Large Late 19thC Rectangular Wall Mirror c.1880 reserved especially to the topOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1880Height: 54Width: 33Depth: 2The beautifully evocative rectangular wall mirror, having a ripple moulded frame, later painted, enclosing the original oxidised mercury mirror plate with extensive and wonderful natural foxing, the whole surviving from the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The mirror is in decorative and naturally aged condition and is attractive in its originality