ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS FENTHAM, CIRCA 1810

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A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND EBONIZED CONVEX GIRANDOLE MIRROR
Attributed to Thomas Fentham, circa 1810
The circular plate with reeded ebonized inner slip and ball-studded molded frame, the scrolled acanthus cresting surmounted by an eagle with outstretched wings holding chains, the scrolled acanthus apron issuing two scrolled branches with turned nozzles and foliate drip-pans, with the printed paper depository label Lawurence and Hall Ltd. Harrogate, inscribed in pencil 272 Hid & Dunbar and a paper label inscribed in ink L.S. Gaisleys
61½in. (156cm.) high, 39in. (99cm.) wide

Provenance

L.S. Gaisleys.
The collection of Colonel Norman Colville M.C.
Thence by descent until sold, the Property of a Gentleman, Christie's London, 14 June 2001, lot 86.

Lot Essay

This mirror closely relates to several girandole mirrors made by Thomas Fentham of the Strand. Fentham, carver, gilder, glass grinder and picture-frame maker, occupied several addresses on the Strand between 1774 and 1825. His label appears on closely related convex mirrors illustrated in C.Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture: 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, pp. 28 and 204-205, figs. 344-347. Another convex mirror by Fentham was sold by the Executors of the late Marquess of Abergavenny, K.G., O.B.E., Christie's London, 5 April 2001, lot 198 (£5,000).

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