RARE GORGEOUS ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU WALL HUNG CERAMIC SENSUOUS LADY MIRROR
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RARE GORGEOUS ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU WALL HUNG CERAMIC SENSUOUS LADY MIRROR:
$99.99
IT IS BREAKING MY HEART TO SELL THIS PIECE, I LOVE IT SO. THIS BEAUTIFUL CERAMIC ART NOUVEAU MIRROR IN HIGH RELIEF STICKS ABOUT 5 1/2\" - 6\" FROM THE WALL. IT IS 21\" WIDE BY 17\" HIGH. I BELIEVE AT ONE TIME IT WAS ALSO LIT AS THERE IS A HIDDEN HOLE IN EACH OF THE FLOWERS BEHIND HER LEFT ARM AND THE FLOWER IN THE OPPOSITE CORNER. THESE HOLES ARE JUST BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD A SMALL SOCKET FOR A SMALL LIGHT BULB, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN CONCEALED BEHIND THE FLOWER PETALS, A COMMON OCCURRENCE AROUND 1900, WHEN ELECTRICITY WAS STILL A NOVELTY. THERE ARE SOME CONCEALED TINY HOLES AROUND THE OUTSIDE WHERE WIRES FOR THE BULBS COULD HAVE CONNECTED TO A POWER SOURCE. THAT ASIDE, THE PIECE IS IN REMARKABLY GOOD CONDITION GIVEN AGE AND MATERIAL. NO VISIBLE FLAWS OR REPAIRS THAT I CAN SEE. IF IT WAS REPAIRED ANYWHERE IT WAS DONE AMAZINGLY WELL. ONE OF A KIND SURVIVOR OF AN ELEGANT ERA.;