Antique 18th Century small mirror !

* Queen Anne or William and Mary, courting looking glass, mirror.

* Original glass, distressed silvering, mirror / looking glass.

* Crest have chips, missing some parts.One chip is looks new.

* It has red Museum Accession Number. So, it was in a museum collection in 1974.

* Dimensions, approximately.: ... 9.5" H x 6" W ...

* The Crest: The distinctive, hand-carved humped crest at the top is the defining feature of early 18th-century country looking glasses.

Molded Rectangular Frame: The flat, molded wooden borders splined together around the glass are highly characteristic of rural New England or Great Britain regional design during the period.

Simplicity: While high-end city mirrors utilized elaborate gilding or walnut veneers, country/provincial variants relied on simple native woods like pine, cherry, or maple finished with a dark pigment or varnish. 

* Physical carpentry tells a story of genuine age and provincial craftsmanship:

Hand-Planed Backboard: The central backing board is a single thick piece of timber showing vertical wood grain with heavy, uneven texturing. This is consistent with an 18th-century carpenter using a hand-plane rather than a modern machine saw.

Oxidization and Color Variation: The deep, rich, reddish-cinnamon color of the exposed central pine wood contrasted with the heavily blackened, oxidized edges shows centuries of exposure to air and natural soot.

                                 

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