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PROBABLY MID-18TH CENTURY, RESTORED AND RE-GILT IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY BY H.M. PAGE
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A PAIR OF IRISH GILTWOOD MIRRORS
PROBABLY MID-18TH CENTURY, RESTORED AND RE-GILT IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY BY H.M. PAGE
Each surmounted by a triangular pediment with Vitruvian scroll inner edge, supported on acanthus trusses and centred by a pierced shell flanked by wheatsheafs and foliage, on a plinth above a lion’s pelt, the later bevelled plate within a bead-and-reel, pounced and Greek key eared frame with egg-and-dart carved edge, the upper corners with flowerheads and with foliate scrolls to the lower corners, the sides hung with oak leaf and acorn pendants, the shaped apron centred by a cartouche flanked by foliate and gadrooned scrolls, restorations to the gesso and re-gilt, each inscribed in pencil ‘No 2400’ and with printed paper label for H.M. PAGE CARVER, / GILDER, / AND / LOOKING-GLASS MANUFACTURER, / 23, COVENTRY STREET, / London / DEALER IN PLATE-GLASS
59 x 27 3/4 in. (150 x 70.5 cm.)
PROBABLY MID-18TH CENTURY, RESTORED AND RE-GILT IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY BY H.M. PAGE
Each surmounted by a triangular pediment with Vitruvian scroll inner edge, supported on acanthus trusses and centred by a pierced shell flanked by wheatsheafs and foliage, on a plinth above a lion’s pelt, the later bevelled plate within a bead-and-reel, pounced and Greek key eared frame with egg-and-dart carved edge, the upper corners with flowerheads and with foliate scrolls to the lower corners, the sides hung with oak leaf and acorn pendants, the shaped apron centred by a cartouche flanked by foliate and gadrooned scrolls, restorations to the gesso and re-gilt, each inscribed in pencil ‘No 2400’ and with printed paper label for H.M. PAGE CARVER, / GILDER, / AND / LOOKING-GLASS MANUFACTURER, / 23, COVENTRY STREET, / London / DEALER IN PLATE-GLASS
59 x 27 3/4 in. (150 x 70.5 cm.)
Provenance
Photographed at Bowden Park in 1954 by Herbert Felton.
Mr and Mrs W. Donald Scott, Bowden Park, 1961.
Acquired from the above by Lord and Lady Weinstock in 1967.
Mr and Mrs W. Donald Scott, Bowden Park, 1961.
Acquired from the above by Lord and Lady Weinstock in 1967.
Literature
R. Edwards, 'Bowden Park, Wiltshire, The Home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Donald Scott', Connoisseur, April 1961, p. 169, fig. 7.
Special notice
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Amelia Walker
Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections