A REGENCY GILTWOOD LARGE CIRCULAR CONVEX MIRROR
BY BENJAMIN CHARPENTIER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The circular plate in an ebonised reeded slip and ropetwist border and dished frame with balls, surmounted by an arched cresting with paterae and centred by a lion's head surmounted by a patera, the apron centred by wings enclosing a reeded ball encircled by a snake, regilt, the apron possibly added, the backboard with paper label printed 'CHARPENTIER PICTURE FRAME MAKER &C. NO. 11 TITCHFIELD STREET CAVENDISH SQUARE'
56½ x 40 in. (143.5 x 101.5 cm.)