Mirror Tuscany, Second Quarter Of The 18th Century

Carved and gilded wooden mirror. The rectangular frame that encloses the mirror is carved with small volute motifs on the corners with the bottom dotted with a burin. A carving decoration develops around the frame with architectural scrolls and leaves enriched with flowers; this decoration finds its peak in the cymatium, where the lateral volutes are embellished with lambrequins while in the center there is a screaming mask which acts as the base for housing an engraved mirror; it is the heraldic coat of arms of the Antonini family, composed of three ears of wheat held by a fluttering ribbon, placed under three eight-pointed stars. The gouache gilding maintains a contrast between the opaque backgrounds and the agate-polished relief parts. The mirrors are antique mercury.