Old Polish mirror

carved wood covered with 24 karat gold;
Overall: 67 x 48 cm; mirror panel: 41 x 32.5 cm;
Poland, 17th century; mirror panel: 18th-19th century.
Rich, hand-cut frame; mirror made for magnate interiors.
In the oval, motifs of shells, leaves and flowers, in the finial an acanthus leaf (over-curved).
The frames of portraits of 17th-century Polish magnates are in a similar style.
A rarity on the antiquarian market.