A GEORGE III GILT CARTON-PIERRE TWO-LIGHT GIRANDOLE MIRROR

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A GEORGE III GILT CARTON-PIERRE TWO-LIGHT GIRANDOLE MIRROR
The later lyre-shaped plate with scrolling and foliate frame centered by a grecian urn flanked by scrolling branches with foliate nozzles above a husk-trail boss, the ribbon-tied cresting issuing garlands and above a trophy of the torch crossed with bow and quiver of arrows, one mirrored panel cracked, one bronze leaf broken, restorations and with black staining to the reverse
39 in. x 25 in. (99 cm. x 63.5 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 18 May 1990, lot 183 (£4,400).

Lot Essay

The sacred urn in a frame of Roman acanthus and laurels, celebrates Love's Triumph, with its flower-festooned trophy, uniting Cupid's weapons and Hymen's torch.
Similar giltwood girandoles can be seen at Spencer House, (J. Friedman, Spencer House, London, 1993, p. 87).

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