Circa 1784-1803, carved mahogany veneered frame, featuring molded surround and shaped mirrored glass panel, with carved foliate crest, ears, and apron, the verso retaining antique label reading "JOHN ELLIOTT at No. 60 South Front Street, between Chestnut and Walnut Streets, PHILADELPHIA, sells by Wholesale and Retail Looking Glasses In neat Mahogany Frames of American Manufacture Coach Glasses, Window Glass, Spectacles, Paint - ers Colours, Oil, Varnishes & -And A Ge-neral Assortment of Drugs and Medicines N. B. Old Glasses new quicksilvered and framed as usual and new glass supplied to People's old frames."

35 1/8 x 19 1/2 in.

The Estate of the late Dr. Larry Southworth, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Acquired Bill Beck Antiques, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Literature:
Judith Coolidge Hughes, "The Labels of John Elliott, Jr.," The Magazine Antiques (April 1967), p. 517.

Antique glue repairs to pediment and ears, some with associated retouching and veneer repair, minor desilvering to mirror, some pilling to varnish, and age cracking.