CIRCA 1700-40

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A GEORGE II GILTWOOD AND GILT-GESSO MIRROR
CIRCA 1700-40
The later rectangular bevelled plate in a gadrooned slip and eared frame with a pounced ground and carved with shells,the swan-neck cresting centred by the arms of the daughters of the Morley family, the shaped apron centred by a scallop shell, gilding refreshed, glass sconces later
64 x 25 in. (173 x 63.5 cm.)

Provenance

The Moore family, Appleby, Leicestershire (according to the coat-of-arms)

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The hatchment at the top of the mirror is composed of the impaled arms of a husband and wife. The maternal arms have been identified as belonging to the family Moore of Appleby, co. Leicester. They consist of 'Ermine three greyhounds courant in pale Sable collared Gules, on a canton of the last a lion passant guardant Or'. The arms - and the additional canton - were awarded to Sir John Moore, his descendants and the descendants of his father Charles Moore in 1683. Sir John Moore (1620 - 1702), was a merchant and politician. He was Lord Mayor of London from 1681 to 1682, during which time he demonstrated great loyalty to the recently instated King Charles II. In gratitude for his services, the King gave Moore the honor of augmenting his family crest with the Royal Lion of England, which features in the present mirror.

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