THESE MIRRORS ARE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL IN DESIGN TO A MID-18TH CENTURY PAIR SOLD BY THE EXECUTORS OF LADY A.E.S. CURRE, ITTON COURT, CHEPSTOW, BRUTON, KNOWLES & CO., 27 MAY 1957, LOT 1172 (THE MIRRORS WERE THE ONLY LOT IN THE ENTIRE SALE COMPRISING 1343 LOTS TO HAVE THE DESCRIPTION PRINTED IN BOLD TYPE INDICATING THEIR IMPORTANCE). THE ITTON COURT PAIR WAS ADVERTISED BY PHILLIPS OF HITCHIN, LTD. IN THE ANTIQUE DEALER'S FAIR EXHIBITION CATALOGUE OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR, PROBABLY HAVING BEEN PURCHASED BY THEM. ANOTHER MIRROR OF A SIMILAR DESIGN FROM HARTLEBURY CASTLE, WORCESTERSHIRE IS ILLUSTRATED IN R. EDWARDS, ED., THE SHORTER DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE, LONDON, 1964, P. 430, FIG.15.