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mart

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Re: Very large and heavy mirror
« Reply #15 on: October 02, 2012, 08:48:29 am »
I agree Cogar,, she just said that a part had fallen off and was a plaster of some sort !!

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Re: Very large and heavy mirror
« Reply #16 on: October 02, 2012, 09:26:50 am »
I said "handwork" not "handcarved." Plaster/gesso was common in the 19th century. The mirror's modeling is perfectly consistent with an 1870s date.
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Re: Very large and heavy mirror
« Reply #17 on: October 20, 2012, 11:35:52 am »
Hi all! Wanted to say thank you for the responses and advice, appreciate everyone's help with this!