Looking glass
John Doggett
(1780–1857)
1800–10
Object PlaceRoxbury, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueWhite pine, gilding, original glass
DimensionsOverall: 210.8 cm (83 in.)
Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession number23.254
On View
On viewClassificationsFurniture
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This mirror-surmounted by an eagle and supported by a base of carved grapes, leaves, and doves-may have hung in the Oak Hill parlor. An 1809 bill to Elizabeth Derby West from John Doggett, a Roxbury gilder and looking-glass maker, lists an "oval looking glass with carved ornaments @ $110." In the 1814 inventory, a "large ovil looking glass @ $100" was in the parlor.
ProvenancePart of the furnishings of Oak Hill, built for Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel West; by descent through the Lander and Codman families to Miss. Martha C. Codman; gift of Martha C. Codman for The Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts (Accession Date June 7, 1923)
about 1810
about 1810
about 1823-1827
1730–50