This is one of four lovely antique Persian wall mirrors that I have in my online store.
All four of them came to me together - and stylistically they are very similar so dating them all to the late 19th century / early 20th century.
They are all in very good antique condition - with little damages - and complete with original mirror - the mirrors have a little clouding and spotting commensurate with age - but nothing to worry about and part of their charm.
These are probably more specialist items for the collector.
The wall mirrors are designed to hang on a wall - and are made of papier-mache and wood. The larger ones are in two separate raised layers - and the smaller ones are of one layer.
All the decorations are hand-painted - and they are certainly very charming.
Generally, all are in good condition generally with no breaks, losses to the structure of the mirror and no paint losses, etc - but bear in mind these are old items and will not be pristine pieces.
So here is my second one.
This is one of my smaller two - it measures 15 cm in height by 12 cm at the widest point.
The front of the mirror is a random shape The mirror is behind a tear-shaped door - the door is decorated with an image of two little kneeling gentlemen - they wear long tunics and turbans. There is a tiny metal ring in the center - again, there is some age-related spotting on the mirror inside, as to be expected. The mirror section is covered with strange orange plants - these have white and red flowers and two white birds in the branches. On the reverse of the mirror is more of the orange plants all over and another white bird in the center of the composition. All hand-painted.
There is no hanging hook present on this mirror.
It is a rare survivor and a great wee item to add to your collection of Persian antiques or antique mirrors.