This mirror came home today (honestly, they follow me like puppies). What attracted me to this one was the bands of composition oak leaf and acorn ornament applied to wooden strips so that it would be raised above the surface the cove. Here we are probably seeing the transition from the Empire to the Victorian.
Amazingly, almost everything was intact and original, with the exception of three of the shell form corner ornaments. These will be easy to replicate.
The original tablet is in poor condition, with paint loss and a crack. Even if intact, it is not particularly attractive, so I will probably not replicate this one, but find another design that is appropriate to the period of the mirror.
First steps, as usual, will be disassembly and evaluation. Will post again when work progresses.
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