A 19thC Italian Silver Gilt Rectangular Wall Mirror c.1870 sub-Decorative Objects A parabolic mirror is a

A parabolic mirror is a concave mirror that has the form of a paraboloid of revolution so that rays emanating from the geometrical focus and reflected from the surface are all parallel to each other and to the axis of symmetry and rays from a distant source are reflected to the focus and that is used in reflecting telescopes

1602–1799) vessels

The oil canvas laid on wooden panel portrait study of a large red devon bull or ox

standing on a circular plinth base

A 19thC Italian Silver Gilt Rectangular Wall Mirror c.1870 sub-Decorative Objects A parabolic mirror is aOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Mid 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1870Height: 24. 75Width: 16. 5Depth: 1 (all at extremities)The distressed but beautifully evocative nineteenth century rectangular silver gilt wall mirror, retaining the original gilded decoration, now nicely worn in many areas to the ripple moulded frame, the original mercury glass rectangular mirror plate now beautifully foxed, the whole surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth