A REGENCY GILTWOOD CONVEX MIRROR An unusual early 19th century carved giltwood mirror retaining the original gilding and the original circular convex plate within a reeded ebonised slip bordering a frame carved with two entwined serpents with swept candle arms issuing from their open mouths with brass nozzles and drip pans and glass drops. English, circa 1815 Height: 30 in; 76 cm Width: 24 in; 61 cm Depth: 12 in; 30 cm Provenance: Private Collection, London. Literature: Desmond FitzGerald, ‘The Knight of Glin, An Exhibition of Irish Furniture’, Johnston Antiques, Dublin 2000, pp.46-7; an almost identical model illustrated with Lindsay trade label.