Large French Carved Gilt Régence Mirror c.1730An elegant and magical very early French Rgence period mirror c. 1730. (The Rgence (French pronunciation: Regency) was the period in French history between 1715 and 1723.) This large gilded mirror still retains its original mercury glass, now foxed with centuries of age, and even its original back. The gilding is soft, luminous and time worn over its hand carved wooden gilded frame. With opulent giltwood scrolls and leaves, three pierced mirrors and a