19TH CENTURY OF GEORGE II STYLE

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A GILTWOOD MIRROR
19th Century of George II style
The rectangular divided plate surmounted by C-scrolls and a squirrel eating a nut and sitting on various leaves and surmounted by a spreading cornice flanked to either side by a ho-ho bird on a moulded plinth, the sides framed and divided by angular pilasters and with stylised icicles, the lower section with two further ho-ho birds, the sides with further branches with birds, the moulded apron with a duck among foliage and flanked by C-scrolls
84 in. x 49 in. (213 cm. x 125 cm.)

Lot Essay

The mirror design derives from the left-hand side of an engraving for mirror frame patterns issued in Thomas Johnson's Collection of Designs, London, 1758, pl.4, while the squirrel featured in his mirror patterns pl. 10.

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