A 19thC Italian Gilt Gesso Girandole Mirror c.1870 sub-Antiques In lovely crusty condition

In lovely crusty condition

A beautifully proportioned set

A sundial is surely the most ancient of all scientific instruments and is the earliest known form of time keeping with the the oldest known true sundial constructed in Egypt around 1500 BC

whose now inanimate gracious features defy his no doubt burly frame

A 19thC Italian Gilt Gesso Girandole Mirror c.1870 sub-Antiques In lovely crusty conditionOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Rococo RevivalProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1870Height: 28Width: 17Depth: 6 (all at extremities)The wonderfully decorative gilt gesso girandole mirror of serpentine outline adorned with two branch acanthus candelabra terminating to a floral pediment top and further swag decoration throughout to a lower bunch of grapes, the mirror retaining its original mirror plate, with a very well established patination and texture, surviving