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A North ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC YELLOW GREEN AND RED-PAINTED OVERMANTEL MIRROR pieDmont, Circa 1770 Th...

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A North ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC YELLOW GREEN AND RED-PAINTED OVERMANTEL MIRROR pieDmont, Circa 1770 Th...
A North ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC YELLOW GREEN AND RED-PAINTED OVERMANTEL MIRROR pieDmont, Circa 1770 The divided central plate with arched top flanked by divided rectangular plates within moulded frames decorated with swags of interlaced leaves and berries in green and black tied with red ribbon bows on a cream ground and with red and cream paterae at each corner, the inner moldings decorated with stylized beads 631/2 X 58 in. 161 X 147 cm - $18,000-22,000 The use of divided plates to fill the frame indicates that the Italian glass-makers of the late 18th century had not kept pace with the glass production further north in Europe where the rolling of plate glass had been in use from the late 17th century in France and the 1770's at the Ravenhead Glassworks in England.