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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gedeon07, post: 2133192, member: 14971&quot;]below, an opinion found on this mirror :</p><p><br /></p><p><i>It&#039;s a bronze table or toilet mirror in neo-Renaissance style dating from the end of the 19th century.</i></p><p><i>Before the advent of electric lighting, the brilliance of the mirror was enhanced by candles fixed on two bobeche-light arms.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>This table mirror, with bevelled glass, has a richly carved bronze frame with a copper plate on the back and a removable cut-out support.</i></p><p><i>The brown patina is very nice.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>We find the decoration of the ornamental repertoire of the Renaissance, 16th and 17th century, with the cut leather, the cabochon medallion escutcheon (or mirror), the fleurons, cul-de-lampe, symmetrical arabesques, masks, putti and bestiary of ram&#039;s head and equine feet.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The chasing is of good quality (difficult to really tell from the pictures).</i></p><p><i>If there is no space between your finger placed on the mirror and its reflection then the mirror is not older than the middle of the 19th century.</i></p><p><i>I can&#039;t really see how the feet are fixed.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Finally, &quot;B.D.&quot; surely corresponds to the brand of the 19th century foundryman (La Société des Bronzes de Paris? Barbedienne ?).</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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