Antique French overmantel with foxed mercury glass

Code: 5411

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Compact, antique French overmantel mirror with re-entrant upper corners and intricately decorated frame of curling acanthus leaves encircling a central leaf motif with criss-cross banding each side.  Each corner of the mirror has an elegant, curled acanthus leaf and a floral and foliate cartouche with central shell and long, horizontal acanthus leaves decorate the gently curved top. The original, mercury glass has oxidised giving the mirror plate a grey, speckled patina. This mirror plate could be changed for a clearer piece, if required. The wooden supports at each side of the base of the mirror would be removed before hanging.