A fine jade and bronze hand mirror by The Countess Feodora Gleichen

A fine jade and bronze hand mirror by The Countess Feodora Gleichen, modelled with a female offering up two green enamelled snakes, before scrolling supports, the mirror frame set with moonstones and inscribed 'Dico Sempre Verita Vecchia Ia E Belta' 'Of Age and Beauty I Speak Ever Truth' unsigned 47cm. long Literature The Studio Volume 13, 1898 page 264 an identical example with turned ivory handle illustrated. This example was illustrated at the Dutch Gallery exhibition of the Society of Medallists alongside work by Alfred Drury and Charles Ricketts. The Countess Gleichen won a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition Universelles, 1900 for a bronze and jade hand mirror.