A Family Were Literally Sitting On A Fortune After Discovering A Mirror Next To The throne In Their Loo Once Belonged - To Marie Antoinette

A family were literally sitting on a fortune after discovering a mirror next to the 'throne' in their loo once belonged - to Marie Antoinette.
The antique had been on the toilet wall for 40 years - with the owner unaware it was used by the last Queen of [/news/france/index.html France].
It measures just 50cm by 40cm and hà giang is thought to have formed part of a larger display in one of Antoinette's French palaces.
A family were sitting on a fortune after discovering they had a mirror once owned by Marie Antoinette - hanging in their downstairs loo.

Pictured: kynghidongduong.vn Auctioneer Andy Stowe with the mirror
The antique had been on the toilet wall for 40 years - with the owner unaware it was was used by the last Queen of France.

It measures just 50cm by 40cm and was part of larger collection
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She became a Royal after marrying Louis XVI and was executed during the revolution after famously declaring of the poor 'let them eat cake'.
Her mirror is now set to fetch at least £10,000 at an auction in Bristol after it was discovered.
The mirror is thought to have belonged to Napoleon's wife Eugenie, who had an obsession with Antoinette.
She purchased items from her personal estate and even held an exhibition in her honour.
It came in to the present ownership in the early 1980s when it was handed down through inheritance.
Aiden Khan of East Bristol Auctions said: 'Its remarkable to think this mirror, with its incredible history, has been sat on a wall of a downstairs loo for so long.
Marie Antoinette, pictured, was the last queen of France and helped provoke the popular unrest that led to the French Revolution and the monarchy being overthrown in August 1792
'It's a real piece of history- a tangible link to one of the most famous figures of the eighteenth century.'
The mirror is mounted in a finely carved Walnut frame with leaves and vines in an attempt to make it more useable.
'With something like this, provenance is everything,' adds Auctioneer Andrew Stowe.
'This has a wonderful paper trail - it actually appears in a catalogue from an auction held in 1880 at Camden House in Kent, for the estate of the late Napoleon III, in which is it noted as a 'toilet-glass in an Indian Wood frame.'
'When we saw that, it pretty much sealed it as the real-deal.'
The mirror was purchased in the 1950s by a friend of the current owner's family, and when that original purchaser passed away in the eighties, hà giang it was inherited by the Grandmother of the now-owner.
An inscription on the mirror which shows the antique's provenance tracing back to Napoleon
'They never really thought it to be worth anything, and they seemed to find it more interesting than valuable,' adds Stowe.
'When they first brought it to our attention, we were certainly keen to explore its history, and then once we discovered all of this incredible evidence it really did become something special.
'To think one of the most famous historical figures looked into this very mirror is just spellbinding.'
The mirror features as part of East Bristol's Specialist 'Fine Art & Antiques Auction' to be held on Friday November 13 at 10am.
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