A REGENCY GREEN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT GIRANDOLE CONVEX MIRROR

BY J. BUCHAN, CIRCA 1820

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A REGENCY GREEN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT GIRANDOLE CONVEX MIRROR
By J. Buchan, Circa 1820
The circular plate within a double separate entwined frame headed by a pierced cresting of entwined tails and with snake-head base issuing two candle branches, with circular scalloped cut-glass drip-pans hung with faceted pendants, with paper label printed J. BUCHAN HOUSE DECORATION...FRAME REGILT...GLASS,...2/EVERY DESCRIPTION OF GLASSES..., redecorated
38in. (98cm.) high, 23in. (58.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

While the maker J. Buchan does not appear to be listed, a pair of mirrors of this form bearing the maker's label of J.Smith is illustrated in C.Gilbert, ed., Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p.432, fig.868. A further example of this form appears in situ in the Parlour at Stanton Harcourt Parsonage in J.Fowler and J.Cornforth, English Decoration in the 18th Century, London, 1974, p.193, fig.177. A pair of this form was sold in these Rooms, 17 October 1997, lot 303.