back with label for "Portland Looking Glass Manufactory...James Todd Looking Glasses...", Maine, circa 1820-1830, frame with applied turnings and brass rosettes to corners, large eglomise panel with seated woman reading, 25-1/4 x 12-3/4 x 1-1/2 in.
Provenance: Ronald Bourgeault, Hampton, New Hampshire, May 1984 (accompanied by copy of receipt); From the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
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Ronald Bourgeault, Hampton, New Hampshire, May 1984 (accompanied by copy of receipt); From the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
later mirror plate with minor desilvering, crystallization, and scratches (not removed); eglomise with minor loss and lifting, frame with wear and minor loss to surface, loss to one rosette
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