Details
A GILT-GESSO OVERMANTEL MIRROR
The shaped arched plate enclosed by a frame cast with acanthus scrolls, harebell chains and shells , the pediment centred by a cartouche flanked by confronting acanthus c-scrolls and surmounted by a shell motif,
19th Century and later, formerly the upper-section of a larger mirror, damages
36½in. (93cm) high, 72¼in. (183cm) wide
The shaped arched plate enclosed by a frame cast with acanthus scrolls, harebell chains and shells , the pediment centred by a cartouche flanked by confronting acanthus c-scrolls and surmounted by a shell motif,
19th Century and later, formerly the upper-section of a larger mirror, damages
36½in. (93cm) high, 72¼in. (183cm) wide
Provenance
By family repute this mirror was bought at the dispersal sale held by the Duke of Sutherland at Mertoun in the 1950's