A carved Swiss hand mirror, circa 1850 Oval mirror of crystal glass with one-piece carved, extremely high-quality frame of boxwood. The grip in the form of a standing angel on a base of clouds, its wings forming the frame of the mirror. Surmounted by a cherub. The screw-mounted wooden back with handwritten label "Exhibited in The Great Exhibition Hyde Park 1857 - the work of a Swiss ivory carver". Length 31 cm. "The Great Exhibition", also known as the first big world fair, was held in London's Hyde Park in 1851 and presented the most impressive , Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
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Keywords: 19th, carved, century, circa, clipping, clippings, craft, cut, cut-, cut-outs, hand, handcraft, handicrafts, mirror, object, objects, oval, stills, swiss
