A GEORGE III GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR

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THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN (LOTS 118-120)

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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR
The oval plate in a moulded frame surrounded by a further plate with interlaced vines, surrounded by shaped plates centred by a confronted C-scroll surmounted by a segmental pediment cresting wreathed with flowerheads, the reverse with paper label inscribed 'Drab(?) room', regilt, the plates replaced, one border plate cracked, some mouldings replaced, the central plate possibly original
55¼ x 48 in. (140.5 x 122 cm.)

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Lot Essay

A similar rococo giltwood overmantel mirror formerly in the collection of Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk (1916-1995), Arundel Park, Sussex (see J. Martin Robinson, 'Arundel Park, Sussex: The House of the Late Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk', Country Life, 20 June 1996, p. 63, fig. 7), was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 15 November 1996, lot 45 (£43,300).

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