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Coppia Specchi Italiani Dorati in Stile Luigi XVI Intagliati con Uccelli 1800s
Located in Milano, MI
Coppia Di Specchi Dorati italiani di gusto Luigi XVI dell'inizio 1800 formati da una cornice di forma rettangolare con una sagoma semplice a mezzo toro decorata nei bordi da una zigr...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Flemish Baroque Tortoiseshell Mirro
By Flemish
Located in New Orleans, LA
credited with the invention of the tin-mercury method of mirror-making, a process that made polished metal
Category
Antique 17th Century Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Ebony
Italian Gilt Wood Carved Mirror with Laurel Garland and Putto 1800s
Located in Milano, MI
Italian Gilded Mirror With Putto in Baroque style but from the early 1800s with the square-shaped frame surmounted by the head of a winged putto framed by a rich garland of laurel le...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Walnut Antique Wall Mirror
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
mirror is antique mercury and has all the typical defects caused by the passage of time. The result of
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace M...
Materials
Walnut
$3,534 Sale Price
20% Off
Large French Empire Mirror with Worn Gold Gilt Finish
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 19th century French Empire mirror with original mercury glass mirror. Large scale Empire Gold
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Massive and Elaborate Grand Entry Pier Mirror And Console
Located in Bridgeport, CT
and Foliate carving as well as an Openwork carved crest. The original mirror glass has mercury
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Baroque Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Oak
French 19th Century Gold Leaf mirror
Located in Stockbridge, GA
a red color. The gold leaves are applied on it. The glass mirror is a mercury glass and it is in a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Floor Mirrors and Full-Le...
Materials
Gold Leaf
Very Tall 8
Antique Empire Style Mirror, Italian, Walnut, Marble, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an extraordinary 8' tall antique Empire Style console mirror. An Italian extended pier
Category
Antique 1860s Italian Empire Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Marble
$12,495 Sale Price
20% Off
French Empire Hardwood and Gilt Metal with Candles Cheval Mirror, circa 1810
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
mercury glass plate
The mirror has had the frame dismantled, the joints reworked then glued and clamped
Category
Antique 1810s French French Provincial Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mir...
Materials
Mirror, Hardwood
Gorgeous 19th Century Overmantle Mirror Restored in a Distressed Paint Finish
Located in Dublin, IE
distressed paint finish. The original mercury glass mirror plate with some mottling, is set within a finely
Category
Antique 19th Century English Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Massive Mid 19th C. Carved and Gilt Mantle Mirror for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
, slight mercury oxidation to mirror silver lower left corner all mentioned for accuracy as the Mirror
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Antique Mid-19th Century Regency Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Materials
Wood
French Early 19th Century Painted and Gilt Trumeau
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
ribbon and beaded pearl motifs. The mirror’s mercury glass is original to the antique, and has aged
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
MID-18th CENTURY PAIR OF MIRRORS WITH SHELF
Located in Firenze, FI
original mirrors are mercury and in good condition. These elegant and refined mirrors are perfect for
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Paint
Renaissance Revival Italian Frame, 19th c. Carved Gilded Wood, Luigi Frullini
By Luigi Frullini
Located in PARIS, FR
wood.
Presented with a mercury 19th century mirror.
The finesse of the sculpture can be attributed
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY PAINTED AND GILDED NEOCLASSICAL MIRROR
Located in Firenze, FI
original and made of mercury. This mirror exudes great taste and refinement, adding a touch of class and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Floor Mirrors and...
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century Louis XIV style French painted gold mirror
Located in Houston, US
Grand Louis XV style French mirror with original mercury glass. Style is characterized by the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XIV Floor Mirrors and Full-Lengt...
Materials
Glass, Plaster, Wood
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Monumental French Louis XVI Period Trumeau
Located in Round Top, TX
constructed from polychromed wood with its original mercury glass mirror. Wonderful carvings decorate the
Category
Antique 18th Century French Trumeau Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Adlin 1971 Smaller Art Studio Wall Mirror in Oxidized Cast Aluminium
Mercury
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Adlin molded Aluminium, Art Glass, Oxidized Mercury Wall Relief Mirror. Featuring handcrafted
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Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Period Fan Shaped Table Mirror
Located in Roma, IT
Art Deco triangular table mirror in the shape of a fan
Mercury frosted mirror
Hand painted
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Glass
Materials
Enamel
French Louis XV Style Painted and Gilt Trumeau Mirror
Located in Vero Beach, FL
French Louis XV style painted and gilt Trumeau mirror
19th century Louis XV style elegant French
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Paintings
Materials
Mercury Glass, Canvas
1 French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical Mirror Sconce / Girandole, M. Mategot
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in New York, NY
backs in the style of Mathieu Mategot. The metal frame is pierced and the mirror has been mercuried
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal
Italian 19th Century Mirror-Framed Mirror
Located in New York, NY
This mercury-glass mirror was made in 19th century Italy, and has a greyish tinge that endows it
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Mantel Mirrors and Fire...
Materials
Mirror
Louis XIV Gilt Mirror with Original Mercury Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
Louis XIV gilt mirror with original mercury mirror, quiver motif, circa 1700.
Dimension: 24.5"
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Italian Louis XIV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
19th Century Trumeau Guilded Rococo Mercury Mirror
Located in Copenhagen, Copenhagen
19th century trumeau gilded Rococo, original mercury mirror. Richly carved green painted with a
Category
Antique 1820s French Rococo Revival Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Wood
19th Century Mercury Mirror with Ornate Gilt Plaster Frame
Located in Norwich, GB
Large 19th century mercury mirror with ornate gilt plaster frame.
Category
Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Materials
Plaster
White Mercury Mirror
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
Gilt carved wood frame surrounds white mercury glass mirror. Purchased in Paris.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mercury Glass, Mirror
$20,024
Tectonic Mercury Mirror with Satin Black Frame by Powell
Bonnell
By Powell
Bonnell
Located in New York, NY
mounting bracket.
Shown with mercury mirror and satin black frame.
Available in clear, mercury or
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Metal
Spanish Giltwood Sacristy Frame with Later Mercury Mirror Plate Mid-17th Century
Located in London, GB
holy image. It is now fitted with a later, antique mercury mirror plate.
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Spanish Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Mercury mirror 19th century
Located in PARIS, FR
1850 because mercury is highly toxic to humans and the environment. The mirror in question show
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rustic Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Italian Directoire style mirror with original mercury mirror glass
Located in Rome, IT
This mirror in Italian ‘Direttorio’ style features an original mercury mirror glass, characterized
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Directoire Wall Mirrors
19th C. French Gilded Reeded Mercury Mirror
Located in Washington, DC
Beautiful, classic reeded mirror, with original mercury. France.
Frame lightly restored. May be
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Directoire Wall Mirrors
French Giltwood Mirror with Mercury Plate, Régence, Early 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Giltwood mirror, the frame with all-over low relief carving. The mercury mirror plate with bevelled
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French More Mirrors
19th Century French Mirror with Mercury Plate
Located in London, GB
French mirror from 1850’s with mercury plate. The mercury mirrors are recognisable by its silvered
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Italian Toilet Mirror
Located in VILLENEUVE-LÈS-AVIGNON, FR
cartouches
Original mercury mirror
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XV Table Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Wood, Lacquer
$7,642
Charles X Rosewood Inlaid Burr Maple Mirror
Located in London, GB
France, circa 1830.
Retaining the original mercury mirror plate.
Category
Antique 1830s French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Maple, Rosewood
19th Century French Ripple Style Oval Mirror with Mercury Plate
Located in Chudleigh, Devon
A very attractive oval mirror of pleasing color and design, retaining its original mercury mirror
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Composition
Louis XVI Mirror, Silver Patina
Located in Paris, FR
Louis XVI remarkably sculpted "in-between" basswood mirror with original silver patina, mercury
Category
Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Wood
Florentine Gilded Mirror
Located in Atlanta, GA
Last quarter of the 18th Century. Delicately carved frame with original mercury mirror. Italy.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Wall Mirrors
$14,800
Pair wood carved mirrors
Located in Houston, TX
Pair wood carved gold leaf mirrors in an English style with original mercury mirror
Category
Antique 19th Century European Wall Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
$9,300 / set
Unique Mirror, "Main" by Franz Hagenauer
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Paris, FR
and frame and mercury mirror. This fascinating Art piece is one of the most amazing creation of
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Table Mirrors
Materials
Bronze
19th Gold and Cream Lacquered Wood Mirror
Located in Paris, FR
Gold and cream lacquered mirror with figures neoclassical in plaster, with mercury mirror.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
William Chase Marquetry Mirror, circa 1920
By Rowley Gallery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning William Chase marquetry picture set above mercury mirror in gold gilt frame.
Stamped
Category
20th Century English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Fruitwood, Glass
Small Blackened Wood Mirror in Lapis Lazuli
Located in charmes, FR
Small blackened wood mirror and lapis lazuli veneer with its mercury mirror (mirror weathered) in
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Louis XV Carved and Gilded Mirror with Carved Shell and Scrolls
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The mercury mirror plate set within a rocaille and foliate carved frame of gilt limewood.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century European Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Ebony and Padouk Mirror
Located in London, GB
mercury mirror plate. Ottoman Empire.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Wall Mirrors
18th Century Mirror
Located in Genova, IT
mask. Original mercury mirror, Torino, first half of the 18th century.
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Louis XIV Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood
$29,855
Unique and Oversized circa 1955 Rectangular Églomisé Mirror by Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Paris, FR
.
Original mercury mirror. Absolutely fantastic.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Metal
Pair of French "Régence" Giltwood "Pare Close" Mirrors, Early 18th Century
Located in Paris, FR
/ the main mercury mirror framed by decorated giltwood pierced cartouche with foliate wrapped mirrors
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Wood
French Gold Leaf Mid-Century Mirror after Jean Michel Frank
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
mirror has original French mercury mirror. The gold leaf is all original. Wood frame.
In the style of
Category
Mid-20th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Huge Floor Mirror
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Huge 19th century giltwood mirror, original mercury mirror, and gilt beautifully, beginning 19th
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
$17,913
French Giltwood Mirror "Régence" with "Pare Closes, " Early 18th Century
Located in Paris, FR
a shell, the main mercury mirror composed of decorated pierced cartouche with foliate wrapped
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Very Large Giltwood Mirror, Louis Philippe Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Very large Giltwood Mirror ,
Original Mercury Mirror,
Louis Philippe Epoque , circa 1840
France
Category
Antique 1840s French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Early 19th Century Giltwood Oval Wall Mirror
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
border and a smaller beaded inner moulding, housing the original mercury mirror plate which has achieved
Category
Antique 1810s Wall Mirrors
Huge Mid-19th Century Mirror
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Huge mid-19th century mirror in carved wood. Original gilt and mercury mirror.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
$16,719
18th Century French mirror, Rococo
Located in Maidstone, GB
Rococo decoration with a dragon and exploded pomegranate. Original mercury mirror and original gilding
Category
Antique 18th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Mirror
Located in Megeve, FR
giltwood mirror, retaining its original mercury mirror plate. The basket with fruits. Excellent original
Category
Antique Late 18th Century European Louis XVI Mantel Mirrors and Fireplac...
Materials
Mirror, Wood
$6,209
Rare Mid-19th Century Italinan Venetian Rococo
Mirror
Located in Lentate sul Seveso (Mb), IT
Rare mid-19th century, Italian venetian Rococo' mirror
Glass vanazian plate, sandblasted mercury
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
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Mercury Mirrors For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of mercury mirrors is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct mercury mirrors — often made from glass, mercury glass and wood — can elevate any home. There are 841 antique and vintage mercury mirrors for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 4 modern editions to choose from as well. Mercury mirrors have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Mercury mirrors are generally popular furniture pieces, but Louis XVI, Louis XV and Victorian styles are often sought at 1stDibs. If space is limited, there are small mercury mirrors measuring 2.75 inches across. There have been many well-made mercury mirrors over the years, but those made by Charles Nosotti, Isaac Platt and Johan Åkerblad are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Mercury Mirrors?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $3,566, while they’re typically $141 on the low end and $160,000 highest priced.
Finding the Right Mirrors for You
The road from early innovations in reflective glass to the alluring antique and vintage mirrors in trendy modern interiors has been a long one but we’re reminded of the journey everywhere we look.
In many respects, wall mirrors, floor mirrors and full-length mirrors are to interior design what jeans are to dressing. Exceedingly versatile. Universally flattering. Unobtrusively elegant. And while all mirrors are not created equal, even in their most elaborate incarnation, they're still the heavy lifters of interior design, visually enlarging and illuminating any space.
We’ve come a great distance from the polished stone that served as mirrors in Central America thousands of years ago or the copper mirrors of Mesopotamia before that. Today’s coveted glass Venetian mirrors, which should be cleaned with a solution of white vinegar and water, were likely produced in Italy beginning in the 1500s, while antique mirrors originating during the 19th century can add the rustic farmhouse feel to your mudroom that you didn’t know you needed.
By the early 20th century, experiments with various alloys allowed for mirrors to be made inexpensively. The geometric shapes and beveled edges that characterize mirrors crafted in the Art Deco style of the 1920s can bring pizzazz to your entryway, while an ornate LaBarge mirror made in the Hollywood Regency style makes a statement in any bedroom. Friedman Brothers is a particularly popular manufacturer known for decorative round and rectangular framed mirrors designed in the Rococo, Louis XVI and other styles, including dramatic wall mirrors framed in gold faux bamboo that bear the hallmarks of Asian design.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, mid-century modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary mirrors. Today’s simple yet chic mantel mirror frames, for example, often neutral in color, owe to the understated mirror designs introduced in the postwar era.
Sculptor and furniture maker Paul Evans had been making collage-style cabinets since at least the late 1950s when he designed his Patchwork mirror — part of a series that yielded expressive works of combined brass, copper and pewter — for Directional Furniture during the mid-1960s. Several books celebrating Evans’s work were published beginning in the early 2000s, as his unconventional furniture has been enjoying a moment not unlike the resurgence that the Ultrafragola mirror is seeing. Designed by the Memphis Group’s Ettore Sottsass in 1970, the Ultrafragola mirror, in all its sensuous acrylic splendor, has become somewhat of a star thanks to much-lauded appearances in shelter magazines and on social media.
On 1stDibs, we have a broad selection of vintage and antique mirrors and tips on how to style your contemporary mirror too.
Questions About Mercury Mirrors
- What is a mercury mirror?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A mercury mirror is a type of wall mirror that features mercury glass inside of a decorative frame. Mercury glass is the term for two panes of glass separated by silvering material. Early examples feature real mercury, while ones produced after the 1840s usually substitute silver nitrate. On 1stDibs, shop a range of mercury mirrors.
- Why was mercury used in mirrors?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mercury was used in mirrors in the form of mercury amalgam. This substance was used because of its highly reflective property when applied on a surface. Shop an array of antique mercury mirrors from top sellers around the world on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mercury mirrors were made with a thicker glass layer than modern mirrors, so one way of identifying a mercury mirror is to test the thickness. Take an object like a pen or toothpick and press it against the mirror. If the object looks like it’s touching its own reflection, then the mirror is thin and not a mercury mirror. However, if the object appears separate from its reflection, the thickness indicates that it’s probably a mercury mirror. Shop a collection of antique mercury mirrors from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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