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CIRCA 1755
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD PIER-GLASSES
CIRCA 1755
Each with central divided later plates below an overhanging foliate canopy with flaming finial flanked by hoho birds, with broad mirrored borders of scrolls and elongated scrolls entwined with climbing trees and with squirrels, the base with rockwork side angles and with confronting C-scrolls filled with a foliate spray, re-gilt, the border plates largely original, the central plates probably replaced in the 19th century, replacements to the cresting and squirrel's tail of one mirror
96 x 43 in. (244 x 109 cm.) (2)
CIRCA 1755
Each with central divided later plates below an overhanging foliate canopy with flaming finial flanked by hoho birds, with broad mirrored borders of scrolls and elongated scrolls entwined with climbing trees and with squirrels, the base with rockwork side angles and with confronting C-scrolls filled with a foliate spray, re-gilt, the border plates largely original, the central plates probably replaced in the 19th century, replacements to the cresting and squirrel's tail of one mirror
96 x 43 in. (244 x 109 cm.) (2)
Provenance
Possibly commissioned by Thomas Robinson, later 1st Baron Grantham (d. 1770), either for Newby (Baldersby) Park or Studley Royal, Yorkshire, and by descent to his grandson
Frederick, 1st Earl of Ripon (d. 1859), who inherited the Studley estates in 1845, and by descent to
Commander Clare Vyner, sold Christie's London, 21 April 1966, lot 13.
Frederick, 1st Earl of Ripon (d. 1859), who inherited the Studley estates in 1845, and by descent to
Commander Clare Vyner, sold Christie's London, 21 April 1966, lot 13.
Literature
C. Hussey, 'Studley Royal - II, Yorkshire, The Seat of Mr. Clare Vyner', Country Life, 1 August 1931, pp. 131-2, fig. 7.
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