Mirrors Information and Price Guides - Pastime Fashions https://pastimefashions.com/accessories/mirrors/ Information and Price Guide to Antique and Vintage Fashion Items Thu, 16 Jun 2022 06:10:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 Art Nouveau Mirrors https://pastimefashions.com/art-nouveau-mirrors/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 10:45:39 +0000 https://pastimefashions.com/?p=499 Art Nouveau Mirrors. The 19th century ended with Art Nouveau (1890s-1910s), the century’s most popular style, which influenced visual arts and architecture across the western world. Particularly vibrant in the…

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]]> Art Nouveau Mirrors. The 19th century ended with Art Nouveau (1890s-1910s), the century’s most popular style, which influenced visual arts and architecture across the western world. Particularly vibrant in the decorative arts, Art Nouveau originated in France, was adapted in Britain with some reserve, but thrived in many versions in the rest of Europe, the USA and beyond. Reference: Museum of Applied Arts and Science.

Below are some examples of Art Nouveau mirrors which can be portable.

 

An art nouveau silver-plated dressing table mirror Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Hand Mirror and Brush An English Art Nouveau 9K Gold and Tortoise Mounted Art Nouveau hand mirror, ‘Deux Oiseaux’ (two birds), by Lalique Locket/ pendant of gold set with diamonds. The front of the locket features the head and shoulders of a woman. Within is a mirror. Art Nouveau table mirror, in silvered metal. France (1900)

 

 

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]]> 499 Bronze Mirrors https://pastimefashions.com/bronze-mirrors/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:37:01 +0000 https://pastimefashions.com/?p=492 Bronze mirrors preceded the glass mirrors of today. This type of mirror, often incorrectly termed a copper mirror, has been found by archaeologists among elite assemblages from various cultures, from…

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]]> Bronze mirrors preceded the glass mirrors of today. This type of mirror, often incorrectly termed a copper mirror, has been found by archaeologists among elite assemblages from various cultures, from Etruscan Italy to China. Reference: Wikipedia. Below are some examples of bronze mirrors.

Mirror 12th–13th century ‘Magic’ mirror Made by in Japan, Asia, 1886. Bronze mirror Persian; MesopotamianSeljuk12th–13th century A Greek Bronze Mirror, 4th Century B.C. Bronze mirror with circular shape, thick raised edge, pierced central boss and handle, decorated in the centre with two heavenly creatures Mirror with a Bathing Maiden

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]]> 492 Magic Mirrors https://pastimefashions.com/magic-mirrors/ Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:39:21 +0000 https://pastimefashions.com/?p=247 The magic mirror is an ancient art that can be traced back to the Chinese Han dynasty (206 BC – 24 AD). The mirrors were made out of solid bronze.…

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The magic mirror is an ancient art that can be traced back to the Chinese Han dynasty (206 BC – 24 AD). The mirrors were made out of solid bronze. The front is a shiny polished surface and could be used as a mirror, while the back has a design cast in the bronze. When bright sunlight or other bright light reflects onto the mirror, the mirror seems to become transparent. If that light is reflected from the mirror towards a wall, the pattern on the back of the mirror is then projected onto the wall.

In about 800 AD, during the Tang dynasty (618–907), a book entitled Record of Ancient Mirrors described the method of crafting solid bronze mirrors with decorations, written characters, or patterns on the reverse side that could cast these in a reflection on a nearby surface as light struck the front, polished side of the mirror; due to this seemingly transparent effect, they were called “light-penetration mirrors” by the Chinese. This Tang era book was lost over the centuries, but magic mirrors were described in the Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo (1031–1095), who owned three of them as a family heirloom. Perplexed as to how solid metal could be transparent, Shen guessed that some sort of quenching technique was used to produce tiny wrinkles on the face of the mirror too small to be observed by the eye. Although his explanation of different cooling rates was incorrect, he was right to suggest the surface contained minute variations which the naked eye could not detect; these mirrors also had no transparent quality at all, as discovered by William Bragg in 1932 (after an entire century of their confounding Western scientists) Reference: Wikipedia

 

‘Magic’ mirror Made by in Japan, Asia, 1886. Chinese Magic Mirror Magic Mirror with Image of the Buddha Amida 19th century

 

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