Lot Essay
The original upper mirror plate is decorated with the coat-of-arms of Sir Gregory Page (d. 1720) who was created 1st baronet by George I in 1714. Sir Gregory was director and later chariman of the East India Company, and an M.P. for New Shoereham. The baronetcy expired when his son, also Sir Gregory of Wricklemarsh, Kend, died in 1775 ( J. and J. Burke, The Extinct and Dorman Baronetcies of England, 1838, p. 395). Christie's sold the contents of Wricklemarsh in a house sale of 24 April 1783. There were a large number of mirrors in this sale, howerver based on the descriptions in the sale catalogue it is not possible to identify the offered example.
A similar example was sold in these Rooms from the Estate of Mary, Viscountess Rothermere, 16 April 1994, lot 167. Another from the Estate of Wendell Cherry was sold Sotheby's New York, 20 May 1994, lot 75. Several others exist such as one acquired from Halnaby Park and now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (illustrated in G. Wills, English Looking Glasses, 1965, fig. 11).
A similar example was sold in these Rooms from the Estate of Mary, Viscountess Rothermere, 16 April 1994, lot 167. Another from the Estate of Wendell Cherry was sold Sotheby's New York, 20 May 1994, lot 75. Several others exist such as one acquired from Halnaby Park and now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (illustrated in G. Wills, English Looking Glasses, 1965, fig. 11).