The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-07

ones. rs did other fine craftsmen whose
work Is now eagerly sought notably
Mayhem, Lock- Johnson and Mainwar-
ing. The round mirrors were made in
pairs. from 1850 TO 1890. Those made
by Hcpplewhlte and Adam had medal
lions at the top and bottom. fan orna-
ments. urns eagles. the rams head and
tho husk pattern.
The Constitution" mirrors are also
much hunted. They had fiat frames of
solid or vencered mahogany, curved at
the bottom, and were made from 1880
to 1890. They have gilt ornaments at
the sides and gilt eagle OF wood or
plaster in the broken arch at the top.
one of similar design appeared from
1910 to 1915. We are warned that many
of the mirrors of this type. made both
In England and America. so closely re-
produced the lines of the Queen Anne
style that hunters of old mirrors often
confuse those of 1880 with the 1900
product; but this they would not do
If noting the fact that the Queen Anne
mirror frames were not mahogany.
with CandiehoIders.
The girandoles with candleh olders
branching from the sides were popular
from 1880. and beautifully preserved
one is still in Longfellow's home.
OF the mantle mirrors of the eigh-
teenth century both oval and obtong
shapes were much in vogue, those with
the corpice effect, by Adams and
others. being especially fine. Some of
us can remember certain old IA shion-
ID rooms frequented in our childhood
where one of these beautiful old OBJ
song mirrors graced each Of tho man
ties in the double parlors
Such homes also treasured, In many
cases, an inherited mirror of the three
section type, the kind often called CO.
lonial mirrors. but which. having col
umns pilasters dividing the glass,
date after 1900.
Many old homes have retained their
Empire mirrors that came In about
1906. Some of these are fiat mahog-
amy frames with brass ornaments and
brass-capped. pillars ut the sides. Tho
Empire style Is easily distinguished
from any other.
with IA Rope Pattern.
Another mirror often enormously
called Colonial is one that really be-
longs to 1926. and yet We nil covet 1t
as possession. This, one of the
most familiar of old mirrors has a
thick frame of turned wood gIlded in
baluster or rope pattern, with or with
out small brass or wooden rosettcs In
the corners.
In the first quarter OF the nineteenth
century many of the medium and small
er mirrors had historical and patriotic
pictures painted on the upper part, or
sometimes pastoral scenes. While we
carnot define the why or wherefore OF
It, since they have not reached the
!oo-year mark. these mirrors have al
ways impressed many ~ us as the
quaintest of all the survivals: but the
endless repetition OF them. because OF
their now constant reproduction, bids
fair to lessen their appeal and dim
tho glory OF their associations.
An Italian Type.
Besides these English and American
glasses few made on the Continent
were brought over in carly days. no
tably the Bilboa mirrors. made In Italy
aud sent to Massachusetts. from
whence they migrated TO the other
Colonies.
When ono of these very handsome
and eagerly sought old Bilboa MIRRORS
of the eighteenth century has been
from your childhood familiar object
| on your walls you may surely Be par
doned your natural pride In an antique
which is one of the rarcst of the mir
| rors now being hunted This one has
a frame of veined pink marble. with
pillars of the same material at the
sides; and IL topped with n Hared cen
trail urn from which emcrges an elab-
crate noral design OF gilded wood. The
heavy beveled glass has beading OF