Thread: A George II Walnut Fretwork Mirror

Your cushions indeed appear well plumped! Very nice, and not a hint of pumpkin head.

Originally Posted by Blue-deviled

[...] and not a hint of pumpkin head.

Well, at least not until the glass is fitted!

Originally Posted by Woodwould

Well, at least not until the glass is fitted!

The quality of your work has made me ponder the idea that you may neither have a reflection nor cast a shadow.
Cheers,
Jim

Loving this one.

Originally Posted by Woodwould

Well, at least not until the glass is fitted!

You must be itching to get that installed!

Originally Posted by Blue-deviled

You must be itching to get that installed!

No hurry – I have to find a polished shield first.

If one is to believe the omen, I am to suffer seven years of it! I had just finished ageing the looking glass and was flipping it over when, with great ambisinister aplomb, I let it slip, smashing it to smithereens! It fell no more than six inches and would probably have clattered, unbroken, onto the bench… but for the hammer lying thereon.

I originally intended to use up the remainder of the plate that I cut the glasses for the recent Pair of George II Walnut Girandoles and Two Small Mirrors from, but after a change of heart, I ordered a new plate with a one inch bevel from the excellent and ever helpful glass merchants, Varga Brothers (7 Richards Street, Mitcham). Today I contacted them again, explained my luckless antic and ordered a replacement bevelled glass.

Bugger

Them's the breaks.... Do you now qualify for a frequent shopper discount?

Originally Posted by Blue-deviled

Them's the breaks.... Do you now qualify for a frequent shopper discount?

I'll certainly try for it. Varga Brothers suggested the breakage may be down to karma. If that's the case, I better open an account with them!

Originally Posted by Woodwould

I'll certainly try for it. Varga Brothers suggested the breakage may be down to karma. If that's the case, I better open an account with them!

Are you intending on break another one?

Originally Posted by Christos

Are you intending on break another one?

I'm not intending any more breakages, but if karma does have anything to do with it, there are probably quite a few more breakages on the horizon.

Originally Posted by Woodwould

I'll certainly try for it. Varga Brothers suggested the breakage may be down to karma. If that's the case, I better open an account with them!

At least it's currently karma on a small scale. I'd be worried (and take out Varga shares) if you start to Versailles your corridor or some other mirrored project

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All's well, nothing more than a practical joke!