Large Carved And Gilded Wood Mirror With Vine Decor - Italy, Mid-18th Century

Elegant Italian mirror from the mid-18th century, in carved wood and gilded with gold leaf.

The frame is adorned with a twisted molding with oblique gadroons.

Openwork frontispiece with naturalistic decoration centered on a bunch of grapes in high relief, flanked by vine leaves with incised veins and asymmetrical sinuous tendrils, a typical bacchanalian motif of mid-18th-century Italian workshops.
The openwork side jambs are punctuated with water leaves and terminate in ball scrolls.
The base is composed of scrolls with carved rosettes.

Original mercury glaze showing pitting.
Largely preserved antique gilding revealing the red bowl, natural patina.

Italy, 18th century