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AN ITALIAN CLEAR AND BLUE GLASS AND PARCEL-GILT MIRROR

VENICE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, REPLACEMENTS TO GLASS

Details

AN ITALIAN CLEAR AND BLUE GLASS AND PARCEL-GILT MIRROR
VENICE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, REPLACEMENTS TO GLASS
The rectangular plate within an angular frame with raised panels and ribbon-twist bands, surmounted by a pierced cresting with oval reserve with foliate clasps, surrounded by foliage
73 in. (186 cm.) high, 41 in. (104 cm.) wide

Provenance

Acquired through Michael Taylor, San Francisco.

Sale room notice

Please note, the cresting of this mirror is associated probably in the 18th century.

A similar mirror, with unidentified coat-of-arms and decorated with Diana and Mercury to the side plates, from the collection of Roberto Polo, was sold Ader Tajan, Paris, 7 November 1991, lot 132 (FFr 250,000).

Lot Essay

This magnificent mirror forms part of a group of blue and clear glass examples made in Venice in the early 18th century. An example today in the collection of Meli Lupi di Soragna was originally invoiced by Vincenzo della Vedra in 1701 (C. Santini, Mille Mobili Veneti, Modena, 2002, pp. 248 - 250, figs. 430 - 432), and, although engraved and less geometric, is clearly related to the offered lot. Further mirrors with similar borders and crestings are in the Museo Vetrario, Venice (G. Mariacher, Specchiere Italiane, Milan, 1963, plates 29 - 31).

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