These mirrors were fashionable during the last quarter of the eighteenth century, and were made in various sizes, from twelve inches in diameter to three feet. The eagle formed the most popular ornament for the top, but many were made with a winged horse, or a sort of dragon, instead of the eagle. These mirrors were called girandoles, like others with branches for candles. The girandole in Illustration 380 is owned by the Albany Historical Society. [Illustration: Illus. 381.—Looking-glass, 1780.] The looking-glass in Illustration 381 belongs to the writer, and is in the same style as the glass at the head of Chapter IV, which is described upon page 384. [Illustration: Illus. 382.—Looking-glass, 1790.] The garlands upon this frame are carved in fruit, grapes and plums with leaves, instead of the laurel which is generally the design, and the medallion above the frame has a classic head in profile, and is surmounted by a ribbon bow-knot of three loops. The glass is of quite a large size. Illustration 382 shows a looking-glass owned by Mrs. William Preston of Richmond, Virginia. The upper section of the glass is divided from the lower by a gilt moulding, and is delicately painted, in black and gold upon a white ground, with three panels, the middle one having a classical design. The pyramid-shaped pieces at the top are of painted glass and from them go chains, held by an eagle above. [Illustration: Illus. 383.—Hepplewhite Looking-glass, 1790.] Illustration 383 shows a large and handsome looking-glass made in the fashion of Hepplewhite’s designs, the fan-shaped ornament below the glass being quite characteristic of Hepplewhite’s frames. The eagle at the top holds in his beak chains which extend to the urns upon the upper corners of the frame. This looking-glass was made about 1790, and is owned by Mrs. Thomas H. Gage of Worcester. A looking-glass made to fit the panel over the mantel is shown in Illustration 384. This mantel with the looking-glass is in the Nichols house, in Salem, in a room built in 1783 for a young bride. The upper part of the frame has the lattice and ornaments in gilt upon a white ground, and the overhanging cornice has a row of gilt balls beneath it. The pillars framing the three sections of glass are fluted and bound with garlands. Another large looking-glass of a similar design, but of a few years’ later date, is shown in Illustration 385. It is owned by Dwight Blaney, Esq., and was probably made to fit some space, as it is of unusual shape and very large. [Illustration: Illus. 384.—Mantel Glass, 1783.]