Lot 111
111
A REGENCY EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT WOOD AND COMPOSITION CONVEX MIRROR after a design by George Smith, the circular plate within a stiff-leaf and floral patera moulded frame surmounted by a scrolling lotus-leaf issuing a central anthemian between scrolled reeded trumpets, the apron centred by a grotesque satyr-mask flanked by scrolled ram's-headed stiff-leaf volutes, issuing serpent-entwined scrolling foliate branches with reeded drip-pan and nozzle, restorations and refreshment to decoration

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A REGENCY EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT WOOD AND COMPOSITION CONVEX MIRROR after a design by George Smith, the circular plate within a stiff-leaf and floral patera moulded frame surmounted by a scrolling lotus-leaf issuing a central anthemian between scrolled reeded trumpets, the apron centred by a grotesque satyr-mask flanked by scrolled ram's-headed stiff-leaf volutes, issuing serpent-entwined scrolling foliate branches with reeded drip-pan and nozzle, restorations and refreshment to decoration
44¾ x 42in. (113.5 x 107cm.)

Lot Essay

The design of this mirror differs in only a few details from one illustrated in George Smith's Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1808, pl.136

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