The design for the present lot is attributed to one of the most influential furniture designers of the 19th century, Bruce J. Talbert. In 1866, Talbert was hired by Holland & Sons, and won a silver medal with the firm at the 1867 Paris Exhibition. Talbert went on to create designs for firms like Gillows and Cox & Sons. The design of the scrolling pediment, arched panel surmount and circular ‘dot’ motif can all be seen in the drawing by Talbert for a Cabinet as reproduced in his first book Gothic Forms Applied to Furniture, Metal Work, and Decoration for Domestic Purposes, 1873, pl. 4. A deviation of that cabinet is now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. A near identical mirror, with a less elaborate lower rail below the mirror as is found in the current lot, was sold recently in the UK and is now in a Private U.S. Collection with provenance noted as being commissioned by Richard N. Thornton for Knowle Cottage, Sidmouth, Devon, in 1867.