A Regency Apollonian Convex Mirror attributed to Peter Bogaert (1792-1819)

Superb carving, with imbricated laurel leaves and berries, referencing Apollo's wreath.
The original , heavily worn plate set within a reeded, ebonised slip and giltwood frame. 
The back shown a laminated ring, this technique used in other mirrors by Bogaert.

English circa 1810

Sold at Christie's, Melbourne in 2002

Bogaert(s) (or Bogeart), Peter, London, carver, gilder, (1792–1819). Trading at 142 Tottenham Ct Rd in 1792, and as Bogaerts & Co. at 23 Air St, Piccadilly, 1809–19. He worked with Paul Storr, the celebrated silversmith for whom he may have produced the models for making silver castings.  Bogaerts and Storr submitted a bill to the Prince of Wales on 17 December 1807 for supplying to Carlton House two carved and gilt candelabra for nine lights each, nine ft high, ‘to stand one on each side of the Throne’, £410.  On 1 February 1809 ‘Bogart carver’ was paid £8 11s 6d by Edward, Lord Lascelles, probably for work at Harewood House, Hanover Sq., London. 

Diameter 83 cm / 33.8 inches