Lot 73
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A GILTWOOD PIER GLASS
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A GILTWOOD PIER GLASS

OF GEORGE III STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

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A GILTWOOD PIER GLASS
OF GEORGE III STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
The oval plate in a moulded and rockwork frame with pierced flower-draped cresting surmounted by three urns, the sides with upspringing foliage and the apron with draped husks and C-scrolls, refreshments to the gilding
50½ x 28½ in. (128 x 72.5 cm.)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The flowered and laurel-festooned mirror has its scalloped and reed-moulded frame clasped by a reed-centred cartouche of Roman acanthus, while flanking reed pilasters issue from rustic brackets to support a pagoda-swept cresting, whose veil-draped urns accompany a love-enflamed and laurelled cassolette on a 'Venus' shell bracket.
A related mirror was sold by the Executors of the late Mrs. H. Pelham-Clinton, Christie's, London, 24 October 1991, lot 191.

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