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Probably supplied by P & J Dollond English, early nineteenth century Retaining all original elements and lustrous surface to the ebonised frame; some nice distressing to the edge of the silver nitrate plate. Such mirrors were often supplied in pairs - concave and convex - by scientific instrument makers in the 19th century. Interestingly, at Sir John Soane's house at 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, he incorporated convex mirrors into the recesses above the staircase, one of which was originally ebonised.
