Superb Inlaid Carved Olivewood Sorrento Hand Mirror Antique Italy circa 1900
vvv240170.T
£125.00
Antique Turn of the Last Century Top Quality 'Sorrento Ware' (A Grand Tour Souvenir collectible as with Ricardo ware) Italian Hand Carved Olivewood Hand Mirror marquetry inlaid with specimen wood types featuring the image of two dancers to the mirror back and a micro mosaic halo gallery to the looking glass on the hand mirror front, the frame to the hand mirror is beautifully cut, carved and pierced featuring scrolled and conjoined floral work with an arched crown terminal, the inset looking glass to the hand mirror is of a heavy gauge and finished with a bevelled edge, there are no cracks or chips to the looking glass and no foxing is present.