[TheForge] re-silver an antique mirror

[Terry L. Ridder]

hello dave;

thank you for the input.

i figured it out at around $350.00 between
re-silvering, shipping & handling, and insurance.

the mirror, from what i understand from
the wife, belonged to her great-great-grandmother
or great-great-great-grandmother. ( i tend to think
that it is great-great-grandmother, that would place
it early to mid 1800s.) 
my mother-in-law had it in an attic for many years.
my mother-in-law recently gave it the the wife.

the mirror is roughly 1 meter square.
approximately 9 square feet.
along the edges of the mirror are eched
roses and vines. at each corner is an
eched 'primrose' ( that is what the wife
calls them.) all the eching is from the back
of the mirror. the eching is not on the front.
it is not so much eched as it is carved like
a relief. 

i am not sure that this is plate glass
the green tint that plate glass has. when you
look at the edge is not there on the mirror.

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Dave Brown wrote:

dave> Terry,
dave> 
dave> Is there something special about the glass itself that you want/need to 
dave> preserve?

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dave> 
dave> Hope this helps.
dave> 
dave> Dave Brown
dave> 

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Terry L. Ridder ><>