Rare Gilded Wood: Early 19th Century Gilded Wood Mirror With Pediment And Column With Masonic Emblems

A rare mirror with the Masonic emblems of the Square of the Compass, the Pendulum and the eye surmounting a crown. With an ornate pediment and decorated with two Corinthian columns surmounted by a ball. The great finesse of its execution makes for an exceptional piece with high symbolic value. In the general "Neo-Classic" style and from the Charles X period, this generous mirror, like the entrance to a temple, is neat and in very good condition, including its marvelous mercury stain as well as its structure and its original plank background. A piece of 'Curiosity' with high decorative value, whose details such as the openwork capitals of the acanthus leaves of the ornamentation set the tone for this exceptional piece, the consoles with beautiful movement, the pedestals of the columns, the frank gilding and in good original condition is applied and satin-finished, with a beautiful reflection. The balls symbolizing the earth and its universality like the eye that watches... The Royal crown suggests an entourage of Charles X, where Freemasonry and the Grand Lodges took off; a counter-blow of the French Revolution, and that of an emerging class taking power following the collapse of the Ancien Régime, which Charles X did not want to hear...