Looking glass

Date1725-1740

MediumWalnut veneer, spruce, and glass

DimensionsOH: 54"; OW: 20 1/2"; Sight size: 45" X 17 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1955-285

DescriptionLooking glass: arched, scroll-cut cresting centering intaglio, gilded shell. Ogee and bead molded rectangular frame with gilded gesso spandrel in repeated leaf pattern, the top shaped in curves. Original double plates with edges beveled to conform to shaping of frame.
MarkingsPaper label affixed to back reads: "Susan V [or &] Johny (Jenny)/ 18[9 or 7]8" More recent gummed sticker reads: "HMLX/ Trumbull family". Old ink inscription, partly readable beneath remnants of old paper label at top of back.
ProvenanceFormerly in the Trumbull and Cogswell families of Connecticut and Massachusetts.