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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 2300181, member: 29&quot;]The British do not use ones which resemble sevens. That&#039;s a seven. </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree it&#039;s late 19th. I suspect someone had it commissioned for an anniversary rather than the actual marriage: 1867 would be too early for it. The Victorians had a bit of a thing for slightly muddled mixes of styling and hommage pieces. That fad reached a screaming crescendo in the 1880s and 90s. This one is a bit of a mad confusion of Tudor and Jacobean, anyhow. </p><p><br /></p><p>Court cupboard. Which has nothing to do with royalty. </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree on the mirroring too: it&#039;s machine rolled silvered glass.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>17th C mirrors were wavy rippled pieces, and typically wall hanging. They aren&#039;t found set in furniture. Your family of quality would have had wall ones or small hand mirrors. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a real 17th C one with a glorious patina:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.loveantiques.com/images/d000068/items/133300/2357.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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