Mirror compact
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
Ivory, Silvered glass
Measurements
61 x 42 x 8 mm
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 547108
Summary
An oval ivory mirror compact with hinged cover. Cover inlaid with horseshoe shaped spray of flowers and foliage, with central phoenix in flight. Oval mirror with bevelled edge set into base. Inscribed - R63 Ivory pique 19th c D 40/- (on mirror) 1800 - 1900
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
R63 Ivory pique 19th c D 40/- (on mirror)