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Regency gilded convex mirror
early nineteenth century
surmounted by cresting of an eagle perched and poised on rocks, the circular frame with balls and delicate lambrequin mould, a generous reeded and ebonised slip within and surrounding the original convex mirror-plate.
£3,250
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