Featured Antique mirror with manufacturer seal

Hi everyone,

I have this large antique mirror (65x80cm thick beveled glass). It has brown-painted backside with a manufacturer seal saying 1882 P. B. 31 10 with a symbol of a chemist's still (picture attached), is there someone who is knowledgeable in 19th century manufacturers? I am trying to find out who made it and where.

It has a high probability to be French or Belgian (but not 100% certainty).

A google image search has returned 3 other identical seals with only the date changing, all attached to large antique mirrors. No trace of the actual manufacturer's details or full name.

Thanks a lot!

 

Would you please post a photograph of the entire back including frame?

Debora

 

Would you post links to the three similars you found? Do they include this one?

https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/antiquites/3190281020

Debora

 

The stamp/symbol obviously relates to the manufacture of the mirror itself. The date may be accurate for the mirror. As for the frame, it strikes me as Southeast Asian. Maybe from Indonesia or India. It may not be original to the mirror.

 

Yes, it is Indonesian. Probably from East or Central Java.
The mirror itself is probably antique, and it is not from Indonesia.

 

Odd that so many antique mirrors floating about.

Debora

 

Large production, maybe?

 

Victorian homes could be very dark, so mirrors were vital. I'm wondering if the original frame broke and this one fit.

 

Thank you for your many answers!

@Debora here is a view of the back side, I have remounted the back so I'd rather not have to remove it again... the back paint is very similar (albeit in much cleaner state) to the one you have found on the internet.

The other mirrors I found with the same seal are:

https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/antiquites/3197847723
https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/decoration/2437569323
https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/decoration/3202330709

All from French classified ads, so that situates the manufacturer very probably in France. However it doesn't look like it is from Saint Gobain the largest manufacturer then.

 

I'm not sure it matters who made the mirror. You have your answer re the frame -- modern and Asian.

Debora

 

For historic reasons I was curious about finding the glass/silvering manufacturer's identity.

 

Ah.

Debora

 

To take the investigation a step further, would you be able to tell whether this is a silvered mirror or a tin-mercury amalgam mirror?