Looking glass

DateCa. 1790

MediumGilded pine and glass

DimensionsOH: 28 1/2"; OW: 18"; OD: 8 1/2"

Credit LineBequest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage

Object number1991-67

DescriptionGilded girandole looking glass with a spread-winged figure of an eagle clasping a ball mounted on a leaf-tipped pedastal above a circular mirror-plate within an ebonized slip, the deeply molded bezel hung with gilt spherules, the framework supporting two candle arms hung with glass bobeche and faceted glass lusters, a carved pendant fan of leafage tips terminating in a bud form below.
ProvenanceEx Coll. P. H. Hammerslaugh, Connecticut
Purchased by donor from Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc. in 1984