Lot 11
11
A WILLIAM IV GILTWOOD CONVEX MIRROR with circular plate within an ebonised border and raised circular frame decorated with floral trellis-work and balls, surmounted by ribbon-tied fasces, the pierced cresting with confronting dolphins upon a rockwork plinth and spreading imbricated pedestal, flanked by swirling acanthus, the apron with central scrolled scallop-shell between similar scrolled acanthus-sprays, above pine-cone boss, a section of the back-border replaced, inscribed TOP and 5'10 1/8high, restorations

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A WILLIAM IV GILTWOOD CONVEX MIRROR with circular plate within an ebonised border and raised circular frame decorated with floral trellis-work and balls, surmounted by ribbon-tied fasces, the pierced cresting with confronting dolphins upon a rockwork plinth and spreading imbricated pedestal, flanked by swirling acanthus, the apron with central scrolled scallop-shell between similar scrolled acanthus-sprays, above pine-cone boss, a section of the back-border replaced, inscribed TOP and 5'10 1/8high, restorations
84¾ x 215in. (46¾ x 118.5cm.)

Lot Essay

The medallion frame, with flowered-trellis border, is embellished with Roman foliage, conjoined 'bacchic' dolphins, and the festive badge of the bacchic-thyrsus tied to Venus' scallop-shell. Its 'antique' style relates to that illustrated in George Smith's Collection of Designs, 1803, whose plate 135 explains the ornamental purposes of this type of convex glass

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